bromadiolone
Sign in to savethumb|right|Warning label on a tube of rat poison containing bromadiolone on a Levee|dike of the [[Scheldt river in Steendorp, Belgium]] Bromadiolone is a potent anticoagulant rodenticide. It is a second-generation 4-hydroxycoumarin derivative and vitamin K antagonist, often called a "super-warfarin" for its added potency and tendency to accumulate in the liver of the poisoned organism. When first introduced to the UK market in 1980, it was effective against rodent populations that had become resistant to first generation anticoagulants.
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thumb|right|Warning label on a tube of rat poison containing bromadiolone on a Levee|dike of the [[Scheldt river in Steendorp, Belgium]] Bromadiolone is a potent anticoagulant rodenticide. It is a second-generation 4-hydroxycoumarin derivative and vitamin K antagonist, often called a "super-warfarin" for its added potency and tendency to accumulate in the liver of the poisoned organism. When first introduced to the UK market in 1980, it was effective against rodent populations that had become resistant to first generation anticoagulants.
The product may be used both indoors and outdoors for rats and mice.