Selontra^® - Speed Baiting Technology

When Ben Freer, owner of a smallholding near Barnstaple, discovered damage to his hen house and found chicken feed going missing, he suspected a colony of rats had moved in over winter. Here, we look at how Ben used BASF’s cholecalciferol rodenticide bait, Selontra®, to control the infestation in less than seven days.

When pest control specialists, Amicus Environmental Services, received a call to attend a property with a long-term, severe rat infestation, the team seized the opportunity to trial the recently launched rodent bait Selontra^®, putting its claims of high palatability and fast results to the test. In just ten days, Selontra^® had effectively dealt with 100% of the rats, in what the PCO’s on site described as "the worst rat infestation they had ever seen".

When pest control officers at Manchester Port Health Authority discovered rats at a busy cargo port that were resistant to first-generation anticoagulant baits, they decided to trial the new cholecalciferol active rodenticide, Selontra^®, to combat a growing infestation. Here, we explore how Selontra^® helped bring rodent infestation under control and became the main rodenticide used in their permanent baiting strategy.

When family-run JLM Pest Control, were called to stables that housed eight Arab show horses, the rat infestation they were faced with was so severe that the stable owners were purposefully feeding the colony on a field behind the buildings, in a bid to keep them away from the prized horses. Read how the team combatted the worst infestation they have seen in twenty years using Selontra^® and a clever two-phased approach.

When council pest controllers, Stephen Stratton and Stephen Telling, arrived at a residential block in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, they were presented with a severe infestation of approximately 40 rodents nesting in storage cupboards, having entered the building from defective sewer pipes. Here, we explore how Selontra^® tackled the problem with results that Stephen describes as “quite astonishing!“

Lindsay Silvester, pest control specialist at APM Pest Control, attended a popular glamping site based in Shrewsbury, he found that both rats and house mice had taken over the complex, putting public health and the reputation at risk. Here, we explore how Selontra® tackled the infestation in under two weeks, saving the firm’s client from catastrophic losses to their business.

The impact that a single rodent sighting can have on a hospitality venue, whether it’s a restaurant, catering service, hotel or leisure facility, is catastrophic.

Leading pest management solutions manufacturer, BASF, is on the lookout for pest control professionals who have switched to Selontra® to join its growing ambassador programme.