Evidence of a target resistance to antivitamin K rodenticides in the roof rat <i>Rattus rattus</i>: identification and characterisation of a novel Y25F mutation in the <i>Vkorc1</i> gene

Goulois, Joffrey; Chapuzet, Audrey; Lambert, Véronique; Chatron, Nolan; Tchertanov, Luba; Legros, Lionel; Benoît, Etienne; Lattard, Virginie

doi:10.1002/ps.4020

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Evidence of a target resistance to antivitamin K rodenticides in the roof rat Rattus rattus: identification and characterisation of a novel Y25F mutation in the Vkorc1 gene

Published in Pest Management Science • Apr 7, 2015

Authors:

Joffrey Goulois

Audrey Chapuzet

Véronique Lambert

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In spite of intensive use of bromadiolone, rodent control was inefficient on a farm infested by rats in Zaragoza, Spain. While metabolic resistance was previously described in this rodent species, the observation of a target resistance to antivitamin K rodenticides had been poorly docume...

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Biology

Rodent

Rodenticide

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