Anti-vitamin K (AVK) compounds are highly potent anticoagulants which are particularly
effective for controlling rodent species populations. AVKs have been the most widely used …

China experiences serious agricultural damages from rodents, and, correspondingly,
researchers in China are actively studying rodent biology and management. Following the …

Anticoagulant rodenticides (AR) remain the most effective chemical substances used to
control rodents in order to limit their agricultural and public health damage in both rural and …

BACKGROUND Rat eradication from islands is a very effective tool that can free entire
ecosystems from the pressure of alien predators. In this study we present the case study of …

Leptospirosis is a re-emergent worldwide zoonosis. It is endemic in Martinique where
transmission conditions are favourable. Humans are usually infected through contact with …

Control of commensal rodents worldwide relies on the use of rodenticides. In Europe, mostly
anticoagulants are available. First generation anticoagulants were developed in the late …

BACKGROUND We conducted a vitamin K epoxide reductase subcomponent 1 (Vkorc1)‐
based nonsynonymous Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (nsSNP) screen with focus on the …

Two species of invasive rats (Rattus norvegicus and R. rattus) arrived in New Zealand with
Europeans in the mid to late eighteenth and nineteenth century respectively. They rapidly …

Anticoagulant rodenticide (AR) resistance is widespread across Europe, but its prevalence
has not been previously studied in Finland. We sampled 48 house mice (Mus musculus) and …

Rodent control is mainly done using anticoagulant rodenticides leading to the death of
rodents through internal bleeding by targeting the VKORC1 protein. However, mutations in …