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Rat control

In food businesses chemical agents must be avoided as far as possible. There is a risk of contaminating the food and the dead rats stink horribly. However, it is advantageous to place boxes of rat poison in strategic locations outside buildings, so rats are fought before they find their way into buildings and establish themselves […]

Mouse control

Preventively, one can lay out many small stores of poison grain along building foundations where the mice look for ways in. The stores must be shielded from bad weather and against children, birds and other animals eating them. This can be done by putting poison in special dispensers, in drainpipes or simply under boards, placed […]

The extermination of cockroaches

Before you start the extermination, it is practical to locate the insects’ hiding places. Cockroaches will swarm into hiding if you suddenly turn on the light in a dark room. Spray containing pyrethrin in the suspected cracks will chase the cockroaches out. For the extermination you can use aerosols or sprays containing pyrethrin (or an […]

Prevention

Be careful when buying a dog from a kennel. If you suspect fur mites, you should wash the dog or the supervising veterinarian may be able to confirm that the dog comes from a fur-mite free place. Flea collars or pour-on products may have a preventive effect. Grooming Because the fur mites and their eggs […]

Methods of treatment in pest control

Vacuum cleaners There is no doubt that the daily use of a vacuum cleaner is the most important method of keeping pests under control, and this applies both to private houses and to industrial concerns. Many invertebrates are immediately killed and removed by vacuum cleaning. As already mentioned, some pests thrive best in places where […]

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