Science · 1972 · 73 citations · 2 references
Veterinary MedicineAnimal SciencesToxicologyAnimal WelfareWildlife ManagementWildlife ToxicologyMammalian Wildlife ToxicologyRodent ControlRodent HusbandryRodent ToxicologyRodent WelfareRodenticide ToxicologyFeedingRodent BaitingRodent Control EfficacyRodent TrappingRodenticide ResistanceSpecies Susceptibility To RodenticidesToxicodynamics Of RodenticidesWarfarin Resistance
Reports concerning the ineffectiveness of warfarin rodenticide, used at farms and stores in a rural area about 8 kilometers in diameter near Raleigh, North Carolina, prompted subsequent laboratory testing. All of the 25 Norway rats trapped from the area survived 6 days of no-choice feeding of bait containing 0.025 percent (by weight) warfarin.
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Heritable Resistance to Warfarin in Rats
J. H. Greaves, Priscilla Ayres · Nature · 1967 · 102 citations