title: Live-traps vs. Rodenticides on Organic Farms: which method works best?
creator: Meerburg, MSc. Bastiaan G.
creator: Reimert, BSc. Henny G. M.
creator: Kijlstra, Prof. Aize
subject:  Pigs
description: Rodent control is important from a food safety perspective, especially on organic farms. However, extermination using cats and poison have their disadvantages. Therefore we were searching for a better method of rodent control on organic farms. Live-traps might be an alternative: it fits better in the organic philosophy. But does it work? In this study we compared application of poison with use of live-traps by determining their efficacies on 20 organic pig farms. We found no difference between treatments, thus live-traps can form an alternative for poison.
date: 2006
type: Conference paper, poster, etc. 
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://orgprints.org/7107/1/meerburgetal.PDF
identifier: Meerburg, MSc. Bastiaan G.; Reimert, BSc. Henny G. M. and Kijlstra, Prof. Aize (2006) Live-traps vs. Rodenticides on Organic Farms: which method works best? Joint Organic Congress, Odense, Denmark, May 30-31, 2006.
relation: http://orgprints.org/7107/