PlainJan's, Scott City, Kan., the nation's leader in commercial livestock pest control, is currently conducting bird aversion field studies for both feeding and roosting pest birds. The target birds for these studies are starlings, pigeons and house sparrows. These three bird species live in close proximity to humans and commercial livestock where they are known to transmit disease, host disease-causing parasites, deface property, create fire hazards a well as consume and infect tons of feedstuffs annually.

Field trials for feeding starlings were conducted in March, 2005 in a 35,000 head commercial feedyard in Kansas. Two different formulations of Methyl Antrhanilate, a naturally occurring flavorant that is a pain stimulus in the trigeminal nerves of birds, were used in this particular trial. Methyl Anthrhanilate, is "avian-specific" so it only affects birds and has no negative effects on humans or livestock.

PlainJan's made wide spread applications of this product throughout this feedyard in its aerosol formulation with commercial thermal fogging equipment. This specific equipment produced fog plumes of up to 500 yards in length and up to 20 feet in height. The liquid formulation of MA was also tested on various structural and water surfaces at the feedyard.

Devlin Reynolds, the current owner of the trade marked MA, Rejexit Fog Force, contacted Jan Huck, president and general manager of PlainJan's, about partnering with them on further field experiments specifically in the commercial livestock field. "I know if anyone can figure this bird problem out, it's PlainJan's," remarked Mr. Reynolds. Partnered trials using MA and a variety of other bird aversion tools are set to begin in October, 2005.

A second set of trials is currently underway for structural roosting pigeons. This series of experiments uses a different set of control tools: Specialty lighting, Bird Gel Repellants, Pyrotechnics and Poison Grain Baits. In less than five days, the number of birds roosting at this site was reduced by more than 90 percent. This trial is an on-going study and will continue throughout 2005.

PlainJan's Bird Aversion will be available this fall as both an on-site, full-service program and several specific do-it-yourself tools for control of birds in personal, industrial or commercial livestock structures such as work sheds, processing/hospital buildings, equipment storage facilities etc.

For more information, call 800-235-6140 or visit ww.plainjans.com.

Date: 8/24/05