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Resistance to Warfarin in the Common Rat

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A CASE of apparent resistance of the common rat to warfarin occurred in 1958 on a farm in West Scotland1, and further evidence of resistance from the same farm was given in 1963 (ref. 2). No other report on this matter is known to me.

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  1. Boyle, C. M., Nature, 188, 517 (1960).

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LUND, M. Resistance to Warfarin in the Common Rat. Nature 203, 778 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203778a0

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