Appeal to Pest Controllers, Farmers and Gamekeepers for Samples Free DNA testing for rodenticide resistance in rats and mice is available through the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU). Dr Alan Buckle, former CRRU Chairman, previously emphasised the importance of wider sample collection: “ Without more testing, pest...
Additional biosecurity measures when sending rat and mouse tail samples for rodenticide resistance testing have been introduced. Farmers, gamekeepers and pest controllers are asked to follow new packaging guidance HERE. Two main changes are to double-bag the samples and include a UN3373 label, which can be...
No UK products authorised for control of wood mice Users of rodenticides covered by the UK stewardship regime are reminded that no product is authorised for control of wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus), also known as long tailed field mice. This arises from an alert to the Campaign...
Testing for rodenticide resistance in rats and mice has been suspended due to coronavirus related closure of the laboratory where DNA analysis was being done. Funded by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use, this annual surveillance is a formal requirement of the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime. CRRU chairman...
Amid covid disruption, users and sellers of professional-use-only rodenticides are reminded that a formal review of the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime by its HSE-led Government Oversight Group is imminent. Dr Alan Buckle, chairman of the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use that developed and runs the regime,...
The first two years with all stewardship elements in place have seen "stubbornly intractable" rodenticide residues in barn owls, says the 2019 Annual Report from the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime. For the regime to be a success, "conscientious compliance" with stewardship principles by all rodenticide users...
An appeal for farmers, gamekeepers and pest control technicians to collect tail samples from freshly killed rats and mice has been issued by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. They will be analysed for rodenticide resistance genes and the results added to an online national map...
Detectable anticoagulant rodenticide residues in 87% of barn owls are highlighted by a new report to the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime, co-ordinated by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK. CRRU chairman Dr Alan Buckle says this is clearly unacceptable and demands consistent professionalism among all...
Rodenticide resistance in rats has been confirmed in several new areas by a Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use study. These include Durham, Northumberland, Tyneside and North Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and along the River Severn valley from Somerset to north west Shropshire, northern East Anglia and...
Just over two-thirds of farmers no longer use rodenticides continuously around farmsteads. Instead, they employ measures such as tidy yards and rat-proofed buildings, cats or terriers, traps and shooting, in combination with tactical rodenticide only when needed. These are common findings of two different studies by Ulster University...