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Laboratory evaluation of bromadiolone as a rodenticide for use against warfarin-resistant and non-resistant rats and mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. Redfern  and
J. E. Gill
R. Redfern
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Tolworth Laboratory, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey
J. E. Gill
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Tolworth Laboratory, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey
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Laboratory feeding tests were carried out to determine the efficacy of the anticoagulant rodenticide bromadiolone against Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus and Mus musculus. Using 0·005% bromadiolone, complete kills of R. norvegicus and R. rattus not resistant to warfarin were obtained after exposure to the poison for 1 and 5 days respectively. Warfarin-resistant R. norvegicus were all killed in 4 days, and resistant M. musculus in 12 days. In general, the results resembled those obtained with difenacoum. Acceptance of bromadiolone was very good.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 84 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 263 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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