Author: Swanepoel, Pierre.
Title: Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Volume 11. Part 4. An Ecological Study of Rodents in Northern Natal, Exposed to Dieldrin Coverspraying.
Description: Cape Provincial Museum, Albany Museum, Grahamstown, Natural History. Volume 11. Part 4. 31st March 1976. Stapled wraps, p.47-p.55 illustrated, 184mm wide x 240mm high. New unread copy. Large tracts of land in southern Africa are infested by harvester termites, Hodotermes mossambicus (Hagen). Although the recommended treatment with sodium fluosilicate bait is effective, implementation of this method on a large scale proved to be impractical. This led to the temporary registration by the Department of Agriculture Technical Service in 1964 of dieldrin coverspraying at a dosage of 87,4 g/ha (2,76 oz per morgen). Due to worldwide concern about the use of organochlorines in general and dieldrin in particular, the permanent registration of dieldrin depended on the outcome of longterm investigations into all its effects.

Keywords: albany museum grahamstown eastern cape provincial museum south southern africa african dieldrin natal rodents dieldrin rodents natal pongola mammals harvester termites


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