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Blažić T, Stojnić B, Milanović S, Jokić G. A strategy to improve rodent control while reducing rodenticide release into the environment. Heliyon 2024; 10:e29471. [PMID: 38638948 PMCID: PMC11024614 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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In addition to having a negative impact on the health of people and domestic animals, rodents often cause enormous damage to the environment by disrupting natural biodiversity. The negative impacts of rodents in urban and rural areas have required intensive use of rodentcides in spite of the proven risk of secondary poisoning of non-target predators and scavengers. Continuous and intensive use of rodenticides has led to environmental pollution through their retention in the environment. Commensal rodents are predominantly managed with anticoagulant rodenticides, which are very persistent in the environment and move up the food chain and accumulate in the bodies of predators and scavengers. Generally, the use of anticoagulant rodenticides continues, and there is a need to take appropriate measures to reduce their harmful impact. The efficacy of second generation anticoagulants (bromadiolone, difenacoum and brodifacoum), combined either mutually or with chlorophacinone at reduced doses (0.001 % and 0.0008 %), in controlling brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) was tested in a four-day no-choice feeding test. Combinations of second generation anticoagulants were more effective than the combination of chlorophacinone and second generation anticoagulants. The results indicate that combinations of different anticoagulants at multifold lower doses than the standard may provide a successful tool for brown rat control and a more environment-friendly method of rodent control and protection of non-target animals.
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- Tanja Blažić
- Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Zemun, 11080, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Pesticides and Environmental Protection, Zemun, 11080, Belgrade, Serbia
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Carromeu-Santos A, Mathias ML, Gabriel SI. Widespread distribution of rodenticide resistance-conferring mutations in the Vkorc1 gene among house mouse populations in Portuguese Macaronesian islands and Iberian Atlantic areas. Sci Total Environ 2023; 900:166290. [PMID: 37586516 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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Growing evidence of widespread resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) in house mice pose significant challenges to pest control efforts. First-generation ARs were introduced in the early 1950s but resistance to these emerged later that decade. Second-generation rodenticides were then developed, with resistance being reported in the late 1970s. Research has linked resistance to ARs with mutations in the Vkorc1 gene, leading to the use of more toxic and environmentally harmful compounds. In this study, 243 tail tips of house mice from mainland Portugal and Southern Spain, the Azores and Madeira archipelagos were analysed for all 3 exons of the Vkorc1 gene. Mutations L128S, Y139C, along with the so-called spretus genotype Vkorc1spr are considered responsible for reduced susceptibility of house mice to ARs. All these sequence variants were broadly detected throughout the sampling regions. Vkorc1spr was the most often recorded among mainland populations, whereas Y139C was nearly ubiquitous among the insular populations. In contrast, L128S was only detected in mainland Portugal and four islands of the Azores archipelago. All first generation ARs such as warfarin and coumatetralyl are deemed ineffective against all Vkorc1 variants identified in this study. Second-generation bromadiolone and difenacoum should also be discarded to control populations carrying Vkorc1spr, Y139C or L128S mutations. Inadequate use of ARs in regions where resistant animals have been found in large proportions will result in the spreading of rodenticide resistance among rodent populations through the positive selection of non-susceptible individuals. Consequently, ineffectiveness of rodent control will increase and potentiate environmental contamination, hazarding non-target wildlife through secondary poisoning. We highlight the need for Vkorc1 screening as a crucial tool in rodent management, aiding in the selection of the most appropriate control/eradication method in order to prevent misuse of these toxic biocides and the spread of rodenticide resistance among house mouse populations.
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- A Carromeu-Santos
- CESAM-Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- CESAM-Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- CESAM-Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; Departamento de Biologia da Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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Rached A, Abi Rizk G, Mahamat AB, Khoury GE, El Hage J, Harran E, Lattard V. Investigation of anticoagulant rodenticide resistance induced by Vkorc1 mutations in rodents in Lebanon. Sci Rep 2022; 12:22502. [PMID: 36577759 PMCID: PMC9797475 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26638-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Anticoagulant rodenticides (AR) remain the most effective chemical substances used to control rodents in order to limit their agricultural and public health damage in both rural and urban environments. The emergence of genetically based resistance to AR worldwide has threatened effective rodent control. This study gives a first overview of the distribution and frequency of single nucleotide polymorphism in the vitamin K epoxide reductase subcomponent 1 (Vkorc1) gene in rodents in Lebanon. In the Mus genus, we detected two missense mutations Leu128Ser and Tyr139Cys, that confer resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides in house mice and a new missense mutation Ala72Val in the Mus macedonicus species, not previously described. In the Rattus genus, we found one missense mutation Leu90Ile in the roof rat and one missense mutation Ser149Ile in the Norway rat. This is the first study to demonstrate potential resistance to AR in Lebanese rodents and therefore it provides data to pest control practitioners to choose the most suitable AR to control rodents in order to keep their efficacy.
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- Antoine Rached
- USC 1233 RS2GP, VetAgro Sup, INRAe, Univ Lyon, 69280 Marcy l’Étoile, France
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- grid.411324.10000 0001 2324 3572Animal Production department, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Veterinary Medicine, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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- USC 1233 RS2GP, VetAgro Sup, INRAe, Univ Lyon, 69280 Marcy l’Étoile, France ,Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Higher Institute of Science and Technology, Abeche, Chad
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- grid.435574.4Animal Health Laboratory, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Beirut, Lebanon
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- USC 1233 RS2GP, VetAgro Sup, INRAe, Univ Lyon, 69280 Marcy l’Étoile, France
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- USC 1233 RS2GP, VetAgro Sup, INRAe, Univ Lyon, 69280 Marcy l’Étoile, France
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Ruiz-López MJ, Barahona L, Martínez-de la Puente J, Pepió M, Valsecchi A, Peracho V, Figuerola J, Montalvo T. Widespread resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides in Mus musculus domesticus in the city of Barcelona. Sci Total Environ 2022; 845:157192. [PMID: 35810904 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Control of rodent populations is a big challenge because of the rapid evolution of resistance to commonly used rodenticides and the collateral negative impacts that these products may have on biodiversity. Second-generation anticoagulants are very efficient but different single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Vkorc1 gene may confer resistance in rodents. We sequenced exons 1, 2 and 3 of the Vkorc1 gene from 111 mice (Mus musculus domesticus) captured across the city of Barcelona and found SNPs associated with resistance to first- and second-generation anticoagulants in all of them. Although most of the SNPs were associated with resistance to bromadiolone, we also found SNPs associated with resistance to brodifacoum. Out of all the individuals analyzed, 94.59 % carried mutations associated to introgression events with Mus spretus, a sympatric rodent species. Currently most of the chemical products for rodent control commercialized in the area are based on bromadiolone, although recent public control campaigns have already shifted to other products. Thus, the widespread occurrence of resistant mice to bromadiolone represents a challenge for rodent control in Barcelona and may increase the risk of secondary poisoning of animals preying on this species. Public health managers, pest control companies and citizens should be aware that the use of bromadiolone based products is ineffective and represents a risk for the environment, including human and animal health.
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- María José Ruiz-López
- Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC, Calle Américo Vespucio 26, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain.
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- Agencia de Salud Pública de Barcelona, Consorci Sanitari de Barcelona, Pl. Lesseps, 1, E-08023 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Parasitología, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Agencia de Salud Pública de Barcelona, Consorci Sanitari de Barcelona, Pl. Lesseps, 1, E-08023 Barcelona, Spain
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- Agencia de Salud Pública de Barcelona, Consorci Sanitari de Barcelona, Pl. Lesseps, 1, E-08023 Barcelona, Spain
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- Agencia de Salud Pública de Barcelona, Consorci Sanitari de Barcelona, Pl. Lesseps, 1, E-08023 Barcelona, Spain
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- Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC, Calle Américo Vespucio 26, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Agencia de Salud Pública de Barcelona, Consorci Sanitari de Barcelona, Pl. Lesseps, 1, E-08023 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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Díaz JC, Kohn MH. A VKORC1-based SNP survey of anticoagulant rodenticide resistance in the house mouse, Norway rat and roof rat in the USA. Pest Manag Sci 2021; 77:234-242. [PMID: 32687688 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND We conducted a vitamin K epoxide reductase subcomponent 1 (Vkorc1)-based nonsynonymous Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (nsSNP) screen with focus on the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus), but that also considered the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) and roof rat (R. rattus) in the USA. RESULTS We detected six Vkorc1 nsSNPs underlying the amino-acid polymorphisms Ala21Thr, Trp59Leu, Ile104Val, Val118Leu, Leu128Ser and Tyr139Cys in house mice (average coverage/SNP; n = 182 individuals), two nsSNPs underlying Arg35Pro and Gly46Ser in the Norway rat (n = 93), with the notable absence of Tyr139Cys (n = 179), and one nsSNP underlying Tyr25Phe in the roof rat (n = 27). Inferred resistance frequency is 29.1% for mice (variability of states 0-98.8%), 6.5% (0-33.3%) for the Norway rat, and 39.3% (0-52.6%) for the roof rat based on Tyr25Phe frequencies. CONCLUSIONS Resistance detected in the USA in the 1980s likely was the consequence of Vkorc1 mutations in mice (Leu128Ser and Tyr139Cys), Norway rats (Arg35Pro) and roof rats (Tyr25Phe). Patterns of variant sharing between the USA and Europe indicate the importance of convergent evolution and gene flow in spreading resistance. The spread of nsSNPs in mice between continents appears to have been more effective than in Norway rats. We hypothesize that Arg35Pro may have originated in Norway rats in the USA, whereas Tyr139Cys variants originated in Europe. Tyr25Phe is the likely cause for resistance in roof rats. Further genetic testing in the USA is required to close sampling gaps, and population genomic data are needed to study the origin and spread of this adaptive trait.
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- Juan C Díaz
- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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Stöck M, Reisch F, Elmeros M, Gabriel D, Kloas W, Kreuz E, Lassen P, Esther A. The potential of VKORC1 polymorphisms in Mustelidae for evolving anticoagulant resistance through selection along the food chain. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0221706. [PMID: 31465484 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In response to strong selection, new mutations can arise quickly and sweep through populations, particularly, if survival and reproduction depend on certain allele copies for adaptation to rapidly changing environments, like resistance against deadly diseases or strong toxins. Since the 1950s, resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides in several rodents has emerged through single nucleotide mutations in the vitamin-K-epoxid-reductase-complex-subunit-1 (VKORC1) gene, often located in its exon 3. Detection of high prevalence and concentrations of anticoagulant rodenticides in non-target vertebrates, including carnivorous Mustelidae, let us assume that secondary exposure by feeding on poisoned prey may also cause selection along the food chain and we hypothesized that VKORC1-based resistance might also have evolved in rodents’ predators. Using newly-developed mustelid-specific primers for direct sequencing of genomic DNA, we studied VKORC1-DNA-polymorphisms in 115 mustelids of five species (Martes martes, M. foina, Mustela nivalis, M. erminea, M. putorius), obtained from northern Denmark, yielding six sites with nonsynonymous and several synonymous amino acid polymorphisms in exon 3. Comparison of these VKORC1-genotypes with hepatic rodenticide residues (obtained by HPLC combined with fluorescence or mass spectrometry) in 83 individuals (except M. martes), using generalized linear models, suggested that anticoagulant levels depended on species and specific polymorphisms. Although most VKORC-1 polymorphisms may present standing genetic variation, some are situated in resistance-mediating membrane parts of the VKORC1-encoded protein, and might be a result of selection due to exposure to anticoagulant poisons. Our new molecular markers might allow detecting indirect effects of anticoagulant rodenticides on rodent predator populations in the future.
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Garg N, Singla N, Jindal V, Babbar BK. Studies on bromadiolone resistance in Rattus rattus populations from Punjab, India. Pestic Biochem Physiol 2017; 139:24-31. [PMID: 28595918 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2017.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Revised: 04/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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There are several reports on development of resistance to bromadiolone in different species of rodents around the globe, however, there is no such report involving systematic study from India. Hence, present study was carried out to investigate current status of bromadiolone resistance in house rat (Rattus rattus; n=154) collected from different poultry farms (n=8) based on feeding test, blood clotting response (BCR) test and molecular characterization of VKORC1 gene. Based on feeding test and BCR test, 28% rats were suspected to be resistant. Molecular analysis of VKORC1 gene of four suspected to be resistant rats having Prothrombin Time (PT) <70s, International Normalized Ratio (INR) <4.0 and died between 26 and 73days after treatment revealed no single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in nucleotide sequences. None of the sample under study showed complete nucleotide homology with previously reported nucleotide sequences of R. rattus. The sequences of VKORC1 gene under study can thus be considered as the novel sequences. Present investigation on molecular characterization of VKORC1 gene did not reveal any genetic resistance in Rattus rattus population against bromadiolone though rats could be considered resistant based on BCR and feeding tests.
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- Nancy Garg
- Department of Zoology, P.I.G. Government College for Women, Jind 126102, India
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- Department of Zoology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India.
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- Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India
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- Department of Zoology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, India
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