Wodzicki K
Bull World Health Organ. 1973;48(4):461-7.
Pathogens and predatory animals are the main agents used for the biological control of rodents. The pathogens that have been used are of the genus Salmonella; none is rodent-specific and all can cause severe infection in man and domestic animals. Furthermore, rodents frequently develop immunity to, and become carriers of, these organisms, and there is little to commend their use, except in lightly populated areas where control is infrequently applied. The relationships of five predator species with their rodent prey have been examined. The monitor lizard, mongoose, and ferret were for different reasons found to be unsatisfactory, and there is not yet sufficient evidence to warrant further releases of the Japanese weasel. Domestic and feral cats control rodents well in some situations but only after some other agent has removed a large part of the rodent population.
病原体和食肉动物是用于啮齿动物生物防治的主要媒介。已使用的病原体属于沙门氏菌属；没有一种是啮齿动物特有的，而且所有这些病原体都能在人类和家畜中引起严重感染。此外，啮齿动物经常对这些病原体产生免疫力并成为其携带者，除了在人口稀少且很少进行防治的地区外，几乎没有什么理由推荐使用它们。已对五种食肉动物物种与其啮齿动物猎物之间的关系进行了研究。出于不同原因，发现巨蜥、獴和雪貂并不理想，而且目前还没有足够的证据证明有必要进一步放生日本鼬。家猫和野猫在某些情况下能很好地控制啮齿动物，但前提是要有其他媒介先消灭了大部分啮齿动物种群。
