In readiness for all anticoagulant rodenticide purchases being restricted July onwards to their use inside and around buildings only, the latest UK Rodenticide Stewardship annual report includes for the first time an explanation specific to rodent pest control of what constitutes a ‘building’. Summarised from guidance in the report, this means a permanent enclosed structure […]
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Latest Update: Wednesday, 26th July 2023 Despite the lifting of restrictions in England, Bioguard Environmental Limited (Bioguard) are keeping a very close eye on the spread, development and management of this disease. Our number one priority continues to be the safety of our employees, customers, and their families. Our employees always follow strict hygiene protocols. […]
Death of White-tailed Eagle
A poisoned White-tailed Eagle, recently found in Dorset, is dramatic and regrettable evidence of the need for universally responsible use of rodenticides, states the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU). “Whether caused by deliberate abuse or unintended secondary poisoning from eating poisoned rodents, this incident rightly focusses attention of how rodenticides are used,” says CRRU […]
Rodent control update
Rodenticide use for permanent, pulsed or burrow baiting, or in covered and protected bait stations, is now only legal if the product label permits these ‘non-standard’ scenarios specifically. This applies equally to pest controllers, farmers and gamekeepers. It comes into force, according to Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use chairman Dr Alan Buckle, amid “stubbornly static” […]
Resistance surveillance results
The spread of rats against which some rodenticides no longer work has taken a “surprising and troubling” turn, according to Dr Alan Buckle, chairman of the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU). The organisation’s 2019-2020 survey results showed not only that 74% of rats analysed carried a resistance gene but, of those studied, one-in-five had […]
Concerns for rodent control
The spread of rats against which some rodenticides no longer work has taken a “surprising and troubling” turn, according to Dr Alan Buckle, chairman of the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU). New 2019-2020 survey results show not only that 74% of rats analysed carried a resistance gene but, of those studied, one-in-five had two […]
Rodenticide Alert
Users of rodenticides covered by the UK stewardship regime are reminded that no product is authorised for the control of wood mice, Apodemus spp. This arises from an alert to the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) complaints procedure. On grounds that a product label had said ‘for the control of rats and mice’, a […]
No excuses !!!
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 is essential, according to Dr Alan Buckle, chairman of […]
Tick-borne encephalitis
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) has been detected for the first time in ticks in the UK. The findings are part of ongoing research by Public Health England (PHE) and the Emerging and Zoonotic Infections National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit at the University of Liverpool. Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is an infection […]
Resistance update
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 Devon. Surveillance in 2019 by University of Reading’s Vertebrate Pests […]
