Determining the home range of roof rats in poultry houses,

Summary R. Dias* In this work the home range of roof rats in poultry houses was studied. For this purpose lightly and heavily infested two poultry houses were used. In the lightly infested unit two baiting points were placed sidely in the first pen. In the heavily infested one a baiting point was placed in one side, just in the middle of the unit. Results showed that roof rats indistinctly had a quite large home range in both units. The importance of home range in rodent control program is discussed.