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Food contamination by their urine and feces is one of the major problems humans face with rats.
Rats contaminate a huge percentage of agricultural produce each year and have been known to contaminate food stuffs such as popcorn.
The size of a quarter is the size of the hole that is needed for a rat to find its way inside your home or dwelling.
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| Estimates vary, but it is likely that about one-fifth of the world's total food output is eaten, spoiled or destroyed by rats.
Due to their ability to adapt, survive and thrive, rats are ranked as the second most successful mammalian species living on Earth today - behind us humans, of course.
Food Contamination
Food contamination by their urine and feces is one of the major problems humans face with rats. Rats contaminate huge percentages of agricultural produce each year and have been known to contaminate food stuffs such as popcorn.
Disease
Rats are enormous carriers of many different diseases, and it has been reported that rats bite more than fifteen thousand people per year involving very young, old or incapacitated.
Some of the diseases caused by rats are bubonic plague, salmonella, leptospirosis, hantavirus and tularemia.
Havahart® and its sister brands offer a variety of rat control solutions such as ultrasonic rat repellents and rat traps to help you with your rat control needs. |
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