Colorado Outdoor Vertebrate Pest Control QUESTIONS & ANSWERS & ANSWERS
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Colorado QS/CO Pesticide
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Colorado QS/CO Pesticide
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 mitiga...
Colorado Outdoor Vertebrate Pest Control
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS & ANSWERS
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.
Biological control - ANSWER Control of pests by means of predators, parasites, and disease-producing
organisms.
Body gripping trap - ANSWER usually a square, spring-loaded, lethal trap available in many sizes.
Broadcast - ANSWER To scatter bait or other substances over a wide area.
Brood - ANSWER Verb: To sit on or incubate eggs.
Noun: A birds offspring, hatched and cared for in one season.
Burrow - ANSWER A system of passageways for rodents.
Canister - ANSWER A metal or plastic container filled with absorbent material which filters fumes and
vapors.
Carrier - ANSWER (1) the liquid or solid material added to a chemical compound. (2) An inert material
that improves the physical dispersion of the toxicant.
Cartridge - ANSWER The part of a mask or respirator that absorbs fumes and vapors.
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