Brodifacoum

One of the most common active ingredients in rodenticides is Brodifacoum. While it is commonly used in poisons to treat rats and mice, it has also been used to eliminate stray possums that trespass in places they aren’t wanted and even birds of prey like buzzards and vultures. This anticoagulant poison is highly effective and can get the job done against a stubborn rodent infestation.

Solutions Pest & Lawn is happy to carry our range of professional-grade rodenticide products containing Brodifacoum. On this page, you can learn more about Brodifacoum, its mode of action, and its origins, as well as browse and shop-recommended Brodifacoum-based products we have in our inventory.

What is Brodifacoum?

Brodifacoum is a highly lethal anticoagulant poison used in several rodenticide products in the pest control industry. An anticoagulant is a poison that removes the blood’s clot ability. Brodifacoum is most widely used as a rodenticide to control mice, rats, and other rodents that are difficult to kill with other anticoagulant baits. Occasionally, it is also used to kill larger mammals such as possums.

Brodifacoum was first registered and introduced in 1975 to deal with the public health problem of rats and mice that were resistant to warfarin. Since then, it has become highly popular and is featured in a variety of different rodenticides on the market.

How Does Brodifacoum Work?

Mode of Action

Brodifacoum’s mode of action inhibits Vitamin K in the body of the target species. In other words, it is an anticoagulant that prevents blood clotting by decreasing Vitamin K levels.

Benefits of Brodifacoum

Brodifacoum has a delayed effect, so rodents will not suspect anything is wrong. This helps to reduce the possibility of bait shyness. Another benefit of the delayed effect is that if a non-intended target consumes the bait, like pets or children, there is time to treat the person before serious health issues arise. Being an anticoagulant, if consumed, there is an antidote to treat poisoning in Vitamin K1.

Drawbacks of Brodifacoum

Brodifacoum's delayed effect can be too slow for some to tolerate, especially if you want rodents eliminated quickly or if you are dealing with more than one rodent. Brodifacoum may need multiple feedings for the rodent to consume a lethal dose.

Is Brodifacoum Safe?

Brodifacoum is safe to use with the proper safety precautions put into place. Due to its toxicity, we highly recommend that Brodifacoum-based rodenticides place the product in tamper-resistant bait stations to keep the poison away from pets and children.

Wear gloves during treatment, and wash your arms, hands, and face with soap after handling the bait. Avoid all contact with the mouth. Do not allow the bait to contaminate food or water supplies. If you, a pet, or a child happens to accidentally ingest brodifacoum-based products, call poison control immediately and consult a doctor. Vitamin K1 is an antidote that can mitigate the effects of the poison.

What To Expect

Brodifacoum controls persistent rodent populations such as Norway rats, roof rats, mice, field rodents, opossums, and raccoons. It can be applied inside and outside industrial buildings and homes, in alleys, port terminals, sewers, farmhouses, grain stores, factories, fields, and transport vehicles such as trains, ships, and aircraft. In most areas, a tamper-resistant bait station is required by law to avoid accidental poisoning of humans and unintended species.

If rodents continue to feed on the bait, death should occur within 3 to 10 days after feeding has begun.

Featured Products

Final Blox Rodenticide—Final Blox Rodenticide eliminate rats, mice, and meadow voles. The bait blocks can be placed in various bait stations to easily access targeted rodents. Final Blox Rodenticide is resistant to moisture and mold.

Talon G Rat/Mouse Bait—Talon G Rat/Mouse Bait Packs are filled with mini pellets mixed with grain. Made with the active ingredient brodifacoum, they attract and eliminate rats and mice both indoors and outdoors. Talon G Rat/Mouse Bait Packs are easy to use, and results are seen within 5 days.