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Field trials of bromadiolone against infestations of warfarin-resistant Rattus norvegicus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

C. G. J. Richards
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Tolworth Laboratory, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey
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Baiting with 0·005% bromadiolone in medium oatmeal or soaked wheat completely controlled infestations of warfarin-resistant rats on farms when surplus amounts of the poisoned baits were maintained until rats ceased to feed on them. The speed with which control was achieved was the same as with other anticoagulants that have been tested in this way.

Poison baiting with 0·005% bromadiolone for only 1, 4 or 7 days achieved respectively about 49, 77 and 81% control of similar farm rat infestations.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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