Anticoagulant resistance in the United Kingdom and a new guideline for the management of resistant infestations of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus Berk.)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-341

  Buckle, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leu120Gln; Leu128Gln; Resistance mutations; Tyr139Cys; Tyr139Phe; Tyr139Ser; VKORC1

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; RODENTICIDE;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ANTICOAGULANT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MUTATION; PEST CONTROL; PEST RESISTANCE; RODENT; SURVEYING;

ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; RODENT CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTICOAGULANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; MUTATION; RATS; RODENT CONTROL; RODENTICIDES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84873970773     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.3309     Document Type: Review

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