Emily C

Hi all, I’m Emily; I work in the Pest Control Unit at the University of Reading. I was hoping to get some help from anyone involved in pest control. We need some rat tails collected from as many different sites, all over the UK, as possible. As you may be aware, rodenticide resistance in rats seems to be on the rise with several different mutations of the resistance gene present throughout the UK. Unfortunately our knowledge of the exact distribution and composition of these resistant populations is limited, although we now have a good idea of the likely impact of the different mut

Hi all, I'm Emily, I work in the Pest Control Unit at the University of Reading. I was hoping to get some help from people involved in pest control. We need some rat tails collected from as many different sites, all over the UK, as possible. Rodenticide resistance in rats seems to be on the rise with several different mutations of the resistance gene present throughout the UK. Unfortunately our knowledge of the exact distribution and composition of these resistant populations is limited, although we now have a good idea of the likely impact of the different mutations on treatment