Colorado Outdoor Vertebrate Pest Control Guide With Complete Solution

Absorption -Answer The process by which pesticides are taken into animals, including humans, and porous surfaces (soil). Active ingredient (a.i.) -Answer The chemical or chemicals in a product responsible for the desired effects, which are capable of preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating insects, fungi, rodents, weeds, or other pests. listed separately in the ingredient statement. Acute toxicity -Answer How poisonous a pesticide is to an animal or person after a single dose (or exposure). Adjuvant -Answer A chemical or agent added to a pesticide mixture which helps the active ingredient do a better job or increases the effectiveness of the pesticide. Examples: wetting agent, spreader, adhesive, emulsifying agent, penetrant. Antidote -Answer A treatment used to counteract the effects of pesticide poisoning or some other poison in the body Application -Answer The placing of a pesticide on a plant, animal, building, or soil; or its release into the air or water to prevent damage or destroy pests. Applicator -Answer A person or piece of equipment which applies pesticides to destroy pests or prevent damage by them. Attractants -Answer (1) ingredients added to pesticides to make them more appealing to the pest. These may include flavorings or oils. (2) A substance or device that will lure pests to a trap or poison bait. Avicide -Answer A pesticide used to kill or repel birds. Birds are in the class Aves. Bait -Answer (1) An edible material that is attractive to the pest, which normally contains a pesticide, unless used as a pre-bait. (2) A food or other substance used to attract a pest to a pesticide or to a trap. Bait Shy -Answer The rejection of a particular bait based on previous learned bad experiences with the bait. Behavior -Answer The eating, breeding, defense, travel, and social habits of an animal. Bioaccumulation -Answer The accumulation of a substance, such as a toxic chemical, in various tissues of a living organism.