PubMed:22337510
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{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PubMed/sourceid/22337510","sourcedb":"PubMed","sourceid":"22337510","source_url":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22337510","text":"Designer repellents: combining olfactory, visual or taste cues with a secondary repellent to deter free-ranging house sparrows from feeding.\nBACKGROUND: Repellents may prevent bird pests from eating crops or protect non-target birds from eating harmful substances. The feeding behaviour of free-ranging house sparrows (Passer domesticus) presented with wheat treated with the secondary repellent anthraquinone (AQ), paired with visual and/or olfactory and taste cues, was recorded in a series of trials. The aim was to determine the suitability of repellent combinations for preventing birds from consuming pest baits.\nRESULTS: Anthraquinone significantly reduced wheat consumption. The addition of cinnamon oil did not reduce consumption further, but the addition of either a blue colour or d-pulegone enhanced repellency. Green wheat was consumed more than blue wheat. In a multichoice test, the sparrows did not differentiate between low and high concentrations of AQ on blue-dyed wheat. With treatments on separate tables, the higher concentration was more repellent. Additional olfactory/gustatory cues palatable to pest mammals did not make the AQ-treated wheat more or less acceptable to sparrows. AQ-treated blue wheat with/without cinnamon oil was more repellent than green wheat with cinnamon oil, a colour/odour combination typically used for pest baits in New Zealand.\nCONCLUSIONS: These data demonstrate the potential of combining the secondary repellent AQ with additional salient cues for modifying the feeding behaviour of sparrows.","tracks":[{"project":"PubMed_Structured_Abstracts","denotations":[{"id":"T1","span":{"begin":153,"end":618},"obj":"BACKGROUND"},{"id":"T2","span":{"begin":628,"end":1380},"obj":"RESULTS"},{"id":"T3","span":{"begin":1394,"end":1548},"obj":"CONCLUSIONS"}],"attributes":[{"subj":"T1","pred":"source","obj":"PubMed_Structured_Abstracts"},{"subj":"T2","pred":"source","obj":"PubMed_Structured_Abstracts"},{"subj":"T3","pred":"source","obj":"PubMed_Structured_Abstracts"}]},{"project":"Allie","denotations":[{"id":"SS1_22337510_3_0","span":{"begin":396,"end":409},"obj":"expanded"},{"id":"SS2_22337510_3_0","span":{"begin":411,"end":413},"obj":"abbr"}],"relations":[{"id":"AE1_22337510_3_0","pred":"abbreviatedTo","subj":"SS1_22337510_3_0","obj":"SS2_22337510_3_0"}],"attributes":[{"subj":"SS1_22337510_3_0","pred":"source","obj":"Allie"},{"subj":"SS2_22337510_3_0","pred":"source","obj":"Allie"}]}],"config":{"attribute types":[{"pred":"source","value type":"selection","values":[{"id":"PubMed_Structured_Abstracts","color":"#dbec93","default":true},{"id":"Allie","color":"#e393ec"}]}]}}