BAIT-SHYNESS AND POISON-AVERSION: A STUDY IN MUS MUSCULUS ALBINO
Y. SAXENA *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR-302004, INDIA.
ANJALI MATHUR *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR-302004, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Bait-shyness and poison-aversion develops after consumption of a sublethal dose of zinc phosphide. The intensity of version depends on the period of exposure of poisonbait (15 days and 25 days with 1 day and 4-days exposure to zinc phosphide respectively). Induction of bait-shyness requires association of the zinc phosphide with the bait material. When fed orally by stomach tube or if the carrier bait is changed, produces no change in the daily consumption of food.