SEROPREVALENCE OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII AMONG COMMENSAL RODENTS FROM GIZA GOVERNORATE, EGYPT.

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular zoonotic parasite that infects a large spectrum of warm-blood animals, including humans. Congenital toxoplasmosis is a worldwide problem. Rodents are intermediate hosts and serve as food for felids, the definitive hosts.

RESPONSE OF DOMINANT RODENTS TO COUMATETRALYL AND BROMADIOLONE IN GREATER CAIRO, EGYPT.

Since the 1950s, anticoagulant rodenticides are used to control rodents in public health and agriculture sectors. The extensive use of these compounds has acted as selective force to rodents, leading to resistance. Resistance mechanisms have been iden- tified in rats and mice, including the modification of the enzyme that activates vitamin K, vitamin K epoxide reductase (VKOR).