The response of the Egyptian spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) and two other species of commensal rodents to anticoagulant rodenticides.
The response of Acomys cahirinus to three anticoagulant rodenticides was investigated in the laboratory. In contrast to the other commensal rodents Rattus rattus and R. norvegicus, this species appears to be naturally very resistant to warfarin, difenacoum and brodifacoum. It is considered unlikely that anticoagulant poisons would be effective in the field for the control of A. cahirinus.
D015110:4-Hydroxycoumarins / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D012378:Rodenticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014859:Warfarin / Q000494:pharmacology
D015110:4-Hydroxycoumarins; D012378:Rodenticides; D014859:Warfarin; C013418:bromfenacoum; C012903:difenacoum