Research Article
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 |
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