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The effects of essential oils on bait acceptance and\n   palatability for Swiss mice were determined in choice feeding tests using a\n   formula by Johnson and Prescott (1994). There was no significant statistical\n   difference in effects between groups and sexes regarding weight change in the\n   experiment. During the experiment and recovery period, neither change in mice\n   behavior no deaths were observed. Cinnamon and anise essential oils, commonly\n   used as attractants, and clove oil, were most effective because they had no\n   negative effect on bait acceptance and palatability, while fenchel and\n   bergamot oils showed repellent activity that grew as the oil content in baits\n   increased.</jats:p>","journal":"Pesticidi i fitomedicina","year":2013,"id":657347,"datarank":0.4465876857799191,"base_score":2.1972245773362196,"endowment":2.1972245773362196,"self_citation_contribution":0.32958368660043297,"citation_network_contribution":0.11700399917948613,"self_endowment_contribution":0.32958368660043297,"citer_contribution":0.11700399917948613,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":8,"citer_count":4,"citers_with_citation_signal":4,"citers_with_endowment":4,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1716003,"name":"Marina Vuksa","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1716004,"name":"Suzana Djedovic","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1716005,"name":"Bojan Stojnic","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1716006,"name":"Dragan Kataranovski","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1716007,"name":"Tanja Scepovic","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1716002,"name":"Goran Jokic","orcid":null,"position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"resolved":true,"title":"Effects of different essential oils on the acceptability and palatability of cereal-based baits for laboratory mice","abstract":"<jats:p>The aim of our study was to investigate the possibility of application of\n   essential oils as additives in cereal-based rodenticide baits, at rates which\n   prevent mould development and are applicable in humane medicine. 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