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BASF have developed a non-anticoagulant rodenticide soft bock bait, Selontra® (0.075 % cholecalciferol). In mammals, cholecalciferol toxicity causes death by hypercalcemia - the calcification of soft tissues such as heart, kidney, liver, stomach (inducing a stop-feeding effect). The resulting “stop-...

Alternatives to anticoagulants have presented limitations in their use and/or efficacy. BASF have developed a non-anticoagulant rodenticide bait containing cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). A beneficial feature of cholecalciferol is that it is effective against all anticoagulant resistant strains of rat...

Fifteen randomly chosen flats in Ledeè n. S. were examined for the presence of house dust mites in 1997-98. Only one species, Dermatophagoides farinae Hughes, was found in one flat in a brick onefamily two-story house, 30 years old, 300 m above sea-level. This flat was therefore submitted to a detai...