Identification of Rodent Species That Infest Poultry Houses in Mafikeng, North West Province, South Africa

Table 1

Number of rodents from different farms that were identified using both CO1 and Cyt-b gene.

Farm	No. of rats	Species	Cytochrome oxidase 1	Cytochrome b
A	25	(i) Rattus rattus	19	14
		(ii) Rattus tanezumi	6	2
B	3	(i) Rattus rattus	3	−
		(ii) Rattus tanezumi	−	−
C	21	(i) Rattus rattus	15	4
		(ii) Rattus tanezumi	6	−
D	17	(i) Rattus rattus	10	1
		(ii) Rattus tanezumi	7	2
E	68	(i) Rattus rattus	46	10
		(ii) Rattus tanezumi	22	5
H	20	(i) Rattus tanezumi	14	1
		(ii) Rattus rattus	6	1
Total	154		154	40