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Distribution of rodenticide resistance and zoonotic pathogens in Norway rats in Lower Saxony and Hamburg, Germany.
Pest management science - 1 Mar 2013
Runge Martin, von Keyserlingk Michael, Braune Silke, Becker Detlef, Plenge-Bönig Anita, Freise Jona F, Pelz Hans-Joachim, Esther Alexandra
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BACKGROUND: Genetically based resistance to anticoagulants has led to increasing difficulties in the control of rodents over recent decades. The possible impact of rodenticide-resistant rats on the infection risk of humans and livestock by zoonotic pathogens is generally unknown. Hence, in a monitoring programme in the German federal states of Lower Saxony and Hamburg, more than 500 Norway rats were analysed for...
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