2024, Vol. 7, Special Issue 9

author(s)
Kishan Tej Mitta, M Mathialagan and S Lekha Priyanga

abstract
Rodents are still one of humanity's biggest annoyances. For thousands of years, they have destroyed infrastructure, stored food and crops. They are also harbours for fatal human illnesses like typhus and the plague. Now a days rodents are also destroying cars we use and other vehicles. The order Rodentia is one of the most widely dispersed fauna throughout the world. Managing rodents is generally done by chemical methods which include anticoagulants (single dose and multiple dose), fumigation and contact dust. Apart from these methods significant control can also achieved by some of the non-chemical methods such as sanitation and exclusion, snap traps, electric traps, live-capture traps, rubber ring traps, bait stations, good nature traps and glue traps.