Inventors:
Thorir D. Bjornsson - Durham NC
David M. Cocchetto - Durham NC
Assignee:
Duke University - Durham NC
International Classification:
A01N 2508, A01N 3106, A01N 3108
Abstract:
A food composition for poisoning a rodent, which comprises a rodent foodstuff which contains as an active rodenticidal agent, a lethal or sub-lethal quantity of a compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is Cl, Br, F, or I; Y is H, Cl, Br, F, I, --SO. sub. 3 H, SO. sub. 3 Na, or --SO. sub. 3 K; and R. sub. 1 -R. sub. 4 are each independently H, Cl, Br, F, I, C. sub. 1 -C. sub. 6 alkyl, C. sub. 1 -C. sub. 6 alkoxyl, or C. sub. 1 -C. sub. 6 alkoxyalkyl or a hydroquinone analogue of the compound, and a method for controlling rodents using said composition.