Kvasny Prum. 2016; 62(10): 306-310 | DOI: 10.18832/kp2016028

Current Threats Of Rodents and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Stored Grain and Malting BarleyPeer-reviewed article

Marcela FRAŇKOVÁ, Václav STEJSKAL, Pavel RÖDL, Radek AULICKÝ
1 Crop Research Institute, Drnovská 507, Prague 6, CZ-161 06 / Výzkumný ústav rostlinné výroby, Drnovská 507, 161 06 Praha 6
2 National Institute of Public Health, Šrobárova 48, Prague 10, CZ-100 42 / Státní zdravotní ústav, Šrobárova 48, 100 42 Praha 10

Synanthropic rodents belong to the worldwide dominant vertebrate pests occurring in agricultural and food industry environment. Rodents have enormous potential to cause multiple damages to human resources by feeding on crops and stored commodities and by their faecal and urine contamination. The latter is associated with a risk of transmission of pathogens into food and feed chain. In spite of its health and hygienic significance the risk of faecal contamination of stored grain is often under-rated by store-keepers and farmers due to insufficient published summary information. Therefore in this overview, we summarised the relevant key-literature resources dealing with hazards associated with contamination of grain stores and food processing plants by rodents.

Keywords: stored grain, barley, rodents, contamination, urine, faeces

Received: August 20, 2016; Accepted: September 15, 2016; Published: October 26, 2016 

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