Formulation type: AB-BB
Uses: a new anticoagulant rodenticide for use against warfarin-resistant
Mode of action: Difethialone is a promising rodenticide it is an a new anticoagulant rodenticide derived from 4-hydroxybenzothiopyranone against rats and mice. After one day of feeding with 25 mg/kg of bait, male and female warfarin-susceptible Rattus norvegicus were killed. With the resistant strain, mortality was 90 and 94% for males and females, respectively. 100 and 96% of warfarin-sensitive males and females, respectively, were killed after 3 days of feeding with the same bait. |
