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IT has usually been assumed that the more acceptable a rodenticide is, the more effective it will be in the field control of rats, but this has not been verified experimentally: we now report data supporting this supposition. The most effective rodenticides for domestic and agricultural use are the anticoagulants, and grain has hitherto been the most suitable carrier1.
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Schuyler, H. R., thesis, Univ. Purdue (1954).
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SCHISLA, R., HINCHEN, J. & HAMMANN, W. New Rodenticide, ‘MR-100’, containing a Taste Enhancer. Nature 228, 1229–1230 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2281229a0
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