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The response of the Egyptian spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) and two other species of commensal rodents to anticoagulant rodenticides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

Wafeya Mahmoud  and
R. Redfern
Wafeya Mahmoud
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Medical Entomology, Ministry of Health, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
R. Redfern
Affiliation:
Research Institute for Medical Entomology, Ministry of Health, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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The response of Acomys cahirinus to three anticoagulant rodenticides was investigated in the laboratory. In contrast to the other commensal rodents Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus, this species appears to be naturally very resistant to warfarin, difenacoum and brodifacoum. It is considered unlikely that anticoagulant poisons would be effective in the field for the control of A. cahirinus.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 86 , Issue 3 , June 1981 , pp. 329 - 334
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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