Risk of transmission of hantavirus and leptospirosis through contact with rodents in urban environments
Rodents represent a significant threat to public health in urban environments due to their ability to transmit various zoonoses.
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Rodents
Technical articles and cases about rats, mice, prevention and control in different settings.
Challenges in chemical rodent control: neophobia
For more than five decades, different research groups have demonstrated the existence of two types of behavior in different animal species: neophilia or attraction to novelty and novelty-avoidance behavior or neophobia.
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Current technologies for rodent control within the MIR concept
Rodents have been classified as a pest with a very high level of adaptability, resistance to adverse conditions and a high reproductive rate.
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Estimation of pest population abundance
Pest control companies, depending on the sector where they carry out their business, have the need to go from being simple occasional controllers to having to present evident and lasting results to their clients and...
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Importance of inspections in integrated rodent management
The concept of Integrated Rodent Management involves several steps or stages that must be completed in order to ensure adequate control, and be certain that a good job is being done at the field level.
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Chemical rodent control: doing it right the first time
Integrated Rodent Management (IRM) not only foresees or reduces the damage caused by rodents in different areas, it prevents the transmission of diseases that they transmit as biological vectors by being reservoirs...
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Synanthropic rodent control and MIR concept
Rodents have been classified as a pest with a very high level of adaptability, resistance to adverse conditions and reproductive rate.
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Alternatives to census, monitor and evaluate synanthropic rodent populations
It is a mistake to try to assess the success or progress of a rodent control campaign based on the number of animals killed. It is imperative to know how to estimate and monitor commensal rodent populations.
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Sewer rat (Rattus norvegicus): habits, risks and inspection of the degree of infestation
SEWER RAT (Rattus norvegicus). They have a very high metabolism, therefore, for every kilogram of live weight, they require ten times more food than humans.
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International pest control news
SOUTH GEORGIA DECLARED RODENT FREE. UK- At a press conference held on May 8 in central London, the Antarctic island of South Georgia was officially declared rodent-free, a situation it was two centuries ago, before...
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International pest control news
Spain: two new exotic species of cockroaches for the Iberian Peninsula. During our work as urban pest control professionals, two new exotic species of cockroaches were detected for the Iberian Peninsula.
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Biosecurity schemes in rodent control
The pest control area is one of the sectors with the highest occupational risk. In current practice, several of the periodic operations carried out within the framework of rodent control actions can lead to a series...
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Integrated rodent management: use of mechanical traps
In the food industry, trying to control rodents with another food in the form of bait is challenging. Rodents have all possible alternatives in their nocturnal search for food.
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International pest control news
USA: EPA registers the Wolbachia ZAP strain of Asian tiger mosquitoes. On November 3, 2017, the EPA registered a new mosquito biopesticide ZAP Males, which can reduce local populations of Aedes albopictus, or Asian...
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Perimeter movements of rats as determinants of bait location
Rodent control currently shows, as a clearly defined trend, the disappearance of the abusive and indiscriminate use of rodenticides and the increase in acceptance of the concept of integrated control, defined as a...
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Carrying behavior in synanthropic rats
When rats discover food, they seek to transport it protected to eat it without incident. This behavior is called carrying. The article delves into some of its aspects..
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Ratas: saber para luchar
Se supone que Rattus norvegicus se origina en Asia, extendiéndose lentamente de acuerdo con el desarrollo del comercio internacional y los movimientos de colonización.
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