Cost of Pests
If you’ve walked near any dumpsters or the abandoned Usen Castle at night, chances are you’ve seen or heard rats scurrying around. You may have even had to deal with a mouse infestation in your dorm room. Rats and house mice are invasive species, and also pose a health risk to humans. Unfortunately, high density living areas, such as college dorms, often attract these pests.
Brandeis uses an integrative pest management program, focusing on natural controls of pests and invasive species first, with pesticides, herbicides, and rodenticides as a last resort. However, for rodent control inside buildings, they use Bromadiolone and Brodifacoum, which are both anticoagulant agents. These work by thinning the rodent’s blood and getting rid of their ability to clot, causing them to bleed to death. Rodents who consume these poisons don’t die right away, so they are often consumed by wildlife or pets, who are then susceptible to secondary poisoning.
Alternatives to rodenticides include: snap traps, automatic traps, relying on predators, and preventing infestations by properly storing food and sealing up holes inside buildings.
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