Rodenticide Comparison Chart - Hawk, Just One Bite and more

Reasons to get rid of mice and rats are numerous. Not only to mice and rats carry worms and other diseases that can be passed to cats and dogs when they’re eaten, but the fleas that mice and rats are often host to may carry blood-borne pathogens, even tapeworm.

Active Ingredient	Product Name	Marketed By	Mode of Action	Secondary Poisoning	Antidote	Time 'til Death	Benefits
Bromethalin	Rampage	Motomco	ATP Inhibitor-	None	None	12-24 hours	Quick Knockdown
Brodifacoum	Jaguar	Motomco	2nd Gen.	Possible	Vitamin K-1	4-6 days	Most Powerful Active
	Havoc	Neogen		Possible			good on Mice only
Bromadiolone	Hawk	Motomco	2nd Gen.	Not Likely	Vitamin K-1	4-6 days	Very Palatable
	Just One Bite	Farnam		Possible			Best Seller
Diphacinone	Tomcat	Motomco	1st Gen.	Not Likely	Vitamin K-1	4-6 days	Economical
	Ramik Bars	Neogen		Possible			Great for Monitoring
Zinc Phosphide	Eraze/ Mole Bait	Motomco	Acute	Possible	None	2 hours	Great for Cleanout
	Prozap	Neogen		Possible			Pocket Gophers
Cholecalciferol	AGRID	Motomco	acute	not likely			Registered for organic production facilites & Low toxicity to birds

**All are single feeding, with the exception of Diphacinone which is multiple feedings.

DEFINITIONS

Bromethalin is a unique highly potent rodenticide exhibiting a mode of action different from anticoagulant rodenticides. Bromethalin provides a lethal dose to rodents in a single feeding with death generally delayed two to three days.

Brodifacoum is a highly lethal anticoagulant poison. In recent years, it has become one of the world's most widely used pesticides.

Bromadiolone falls into the class of rodenticides known as anticoagulants. Most rodent control today utilizes anticoagulant rodenticide baits. Anticoagulants cause death in rodents by disrupting the normal function for blood-clotting, resulting in death from internal bleeding.

Diphacinone - Continuous feeding is necessary for a complete kill. Control requires approximately two weeks.

Zinc phosphide is recognized as the slowest acting of the commonly used acute rodenticides. Zinc phosphide is often recommended as the rodenticide of choice because it is fairly specific for rodents and there is no true secondary poisoning, except possibly in dogs and cats.

Cholecalciferol is a form of vitamin D. Cholecalciferol causes toxiosis by raising serum calcium levels to deadly amounts. Usually this causes slowed heart rate or cardiac arrest. Cholecalciferol takes up to 36 hours to be effective.