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Distribution of VKORC1 single nucleotide polymorphism in wild Rattus norvegicus in France.
Pest management science - 1 Mar 2010
Grandemange Agnes, Lasseur Romain, Longin-Sauvageon Christiane, Benoit Etienne, Berny Philippe
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BACKGROUND: Anticoagulant rodenticides are commonly used to control rodent pests all over the world. These pesticides inhibit one enzyme of the vitamin K cycle, Vkorc1, and thus prevent blood clotting and cause death by haemorrhage. Resistance to anticoagulants was first observed in Scotland in 1...
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