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No evidence of mutations associated with anticoagulant resistance in gene Vkorc1 in brown and black rats from Barcelona.
The Science of the total environment - 1 Dec 2024
Ruiz-López María José, Franco Sandra, la Puente Josué Martínez-de, Ferraguti Martina, Miccolis Emanuele, Petit Robert, Barahona Laura, Figuerola Jordi, Montalvo Tomas
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Synanthropic rodents such as the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) and black rat (Rattus rattus) are a source of disturbance in urban areas and the focus of control programs. Control measures often rely on anticoagulant rodenticides, but their broad use is compromised by the emergence of resistance. Here we studied the prevalence of anticoagulant resistance genotypes in the Vkorc1 gene in rats in the metropolitan...
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