Wild small mammals in intensive milk cattle and swine production systems

Autores
Lovera, Rosario; Fernández, María Soledad; Cavia, Regino
Año de publicación
2015
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Some rodent species are considered important pests around the world because they cause economic losses and sanitary problems. Although rodents are found in many different environments, they select habitat patches where resources are available. There is scant information regarding community composition and habitat distribution of small mammals in dairy and pig production systems. The aim of this research was to compare the composition of wild small mammal communities between intensive dairy and pig farms and to describe their distribution among habitats within the farms in northeast Buenos Aires province, Argentina. The intent is to contribute to management strategies of small mammals in these production systems. Ten pig farms and eight dairy farms were sampled seasonally during one year. Cage and Sherman live traps were set in five habitats within the farms. A total of 505 small mammals (270 in dairy farms and 235 in pig farms) were captured in 7026 cage trap-nights and 7333 Sherman trap-nights. In both production systems, the rodents captured included the dominant murines: Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus and Mus musculus, native sigmodontines: Azodon azarae, Calomys laucha and Oligoryzomys flavescens and the native caviid Cavia aperea. The opossums Didelphis albiventris and Lutreolina crassicaudata were also captured. The introduced murines used mainly human buildings, food storage sheds and animal sheds, whereas native species were more common in the vegetated environments among dwellings. A recommendation for control of pest rodent species would be to apply rodenticides only in dwellings to avoid accidental poisoning of non-target native species. Further studies on the damage produced by small mammal species and their role in the disease transmission in these production systems are necessary to identify management priorities.
Fil: Lovera, Rosario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Fernández, María Soledad. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina
Fil: Cavia, Regino. Ministerio de Salud. Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Rodents
Opossums
Dairy Farms
Pig Farms
Habitat Use
Management
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spelling Wild small mammals in intensive milk cattle and swine production systemsLovera, RosarioFernández, María SoledadCavia, ReginoRodentsOpossumsDairy FarmsPig FarmsHabitat UseManagementhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Some rodent species are considered important pests around the world because they cause economic losses and sanitary problems. Although rodents are found in many different environments, they select habitat patches where resources are available. There is scant information regarding community composition and habitat distribution of small mammals in dairy and pig production systems. The aim of this research was to compare the composition of wild small mammal communities between intensive dairy and pig farms and to describe their distribution among habitats within the farms in northeast Buenos Aires province, Argentina. The intent is to contribute to management strategies of small mammals in these production systems. Ten pig farms and eight dairy farms were sampled seasonally during one year. Cage and Sherman live traps were set in five habitats within the farms. A total of 505 small mammals (270 in dairy farms and 235 in pig farms) were captured in 7026 cage trap-nights and 7333 Sherman trap-nights. In both production systems, the rodents captured included the dominant murines: Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus and Mus musculus, native sigmodontines: Azodon azarae, Calomys laucha and Oligoryzomys flavescens and the native caviid Cavia aperea. The opossums Didelphis albiventris and Lutreolina crassicaudata were also captured. The introduced murines used mainly human buildings, food storage sheds and animal sheds, whereas native species were more common in the vegetated environments among dwellings. A recommendation for control of pest rodent species would be to apply rodenticides only in dwellings to avoid accidental poisoning of non-target native species. Further studies on the damage produced by small mammal species and their role in the disease transmission in these production systems are necessary to identify management priorities.Fil: Lovera, Rosario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Fernández, María Soledad. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; ArgentinaFil: Cavia, Regino. Ministerio de Salud. Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaElsevier Science2015-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/29761Lovera, Rosario; Fernández, María Soledad; Cavia, Regino; Wild small mammals in intensive milk cattle and swine production systems; Elsevier Science; Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment; 202; 1-2015; 251-2590167-8809CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.agee.2015.01.003info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880915000043?via%3Dihubinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:42:21Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/29761instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:42:21.826CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Wild small mammals in intensive milk cattle and swine production systems
title Wild small mammals in intensive milk cattle and swine production systems
spellingShingle Wild small mammals in intensive milk cattle and swine production systems
Lovera, Rosario
Rodents
Opossums
Dairy Farms
Pig Farms
Habitat Use
Management
title_short Wild small mammals in intensive milk cattle and swine production systems
title_full Wild small mammals in intensive milk cattle and swine production systems
title_fullStr Wild small mammals in intensive milk cattle and swine production systems
title_full_unstemmed Wild small mammals in intensive milk cattle and swine production systems
title_sort Wild small mammals in intensive milk cattle and swine production systems
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lovera, Rosario
Fernández, María Soledad
Cavia, Regino
author Lovera, Rosario
author_facet Lovera, Rosario
Fernández, María Soledad
Cavia, Regino
author_role author
author2 Fernández, María Soledad
Cavia, Regino
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Rodents
Opossums
Dairy Farms
Pig Farms
Habitat Use
Management
topic Rodents
Opossums
Dairy Farms
Pig Farms
Habitat Use
Management
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Some rodent species are considered important pests around the world because they cause economic losses and sanitary problems. Although rodents are found in many different environments, they select habitat patches where resources are available. There is scant information regarding community composition and habitat distribution of small mammals in dairy and pig production systems. The aim of this research was to compare the composition of wild small mammal communities between intensive dairy and pig farms and to describe their distribution among habitats within the farms in northeast Buenos Aires province, Argentina. The intent is to contribute to management strategies of small mammals in these production systems. Ten pig farms and eight dairy farms were sampled seasonally during one year. Cage and Sherman live traps were set in five habitats within the farms. A total of 505 small mammals (270 in dairy farms and 235 in pig farms) were captured in 7026 cage trap-nights and 7333 Sherman trap-nights. In both production systems, the rodents captured included the dominant murines: Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus and Mus musculus, native sigmodontines: Azodon azarae, Calomys laucha and Oligoryzomys flavescens and the native caviid Cavia aperea. The opossums Didelphis albiventris and Lutreolina crassicaudata were also captured. The introduced murines used mainly human buildings, food storage sheds and animal sheds, whereas native species were more common in the vegetated environments among dwellings. A recommendation for control of pest rodent species would be to apply rodenticides only in dwellings to avoid accidental poisoning of non-target native species. Further studies on the damage produced by small mammal species and their role in the disease transmission in these production systems are necessary to identify management priorities.
Fil: Lovera, Rosario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Fernández, María Soledad. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución; Argentina
Fil: Cavia, Regino. Ministerio de Salud. Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Some rodent species are considered important pests around the world because they cause economic losses and sanitary problems. Although rodents are found in many different environments, they select habitat patches where resources are available. There is scant information regarding community composition and habitat distribution of small mammals in dairy and pig production systems. The aim of this research was to compare the composition of wild small mammal communities between intensive dairy and pig farms and to describe their distribution among habitats within the farms in northeast Buenos Aires province, Argentina. The intent is to contribute to management strategies of small mammals in these production systems. Ten pig farms and eight dairy farms were sampled seasonally during one year. Cage and Sherman live traps were set in five habitats within the farms. A total of 505 small mammals (270 in dairy farms and 235 in pig farms) were captured in 7026 cage trap-nights and 7333 Sherman trap-nights. In both production systems, the rodents captured included the dominant murines: Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus and Mus musculus, native sigmodontines: Azodon azarae, Calomys laucha and Oligoryzomys flavescens and the native caviid Cavia aperea. The opossums Didelphis albiventris and Lutreolina crassicaudata were also captured. The introduced murines used mainly human buildings, food storage sheds and animal sheds, whereas native species were more common in the vegetated environments among dwellings. A recommendation for control of pest rodent species would be to apply rodenticides only in dwellings to avoid accidental poisoning of non-target native species. Further studies on the damage produced by small mammal species and their role in the disease transmission in these production systems are necessary to identify management priorities.
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