Rodent Proofing Nyc

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Both rats and mice carry diseases that are transmittable to humans. These include salmonella food poisoning, Leptospirosis, LCM, Hantavirus and other diseases that can make people sick. Mice and rats contaminate stored food items with their fecal material, urine and hair. 

EXTERMINIZE will inspect and our exterminator will recommend the best course of action. All baiting/ trapping and IPM (integrated pest management)  solutions are included in the initial service.   

Mice and Rats can be found not only in our homes, but supermarkets, restaurants, warehouses, food processing facilities, livestock facilities, and farm fields.They also cause damage to our buildings by their burrowing and gnawing activity. Rodents will gnaw through many types of materials in order to reach a location including lead sheathing, cinder block, aluminum siding and some concrete. Rodents are suspected for causing fires by gnawing on electrical wiring.Our rodent proofing nyc programs are industry leading.

Through the ages, rodents have been the cause of some tremendous plagues and diseases. In years past, rodents were responsible for the spread of many diseases. Today, due to increased sanitation and effective rodent and insect control programs, the threat of most diseases from rodents is not as critical in New York. The common House mouse is the most common health pest, due to allergens that it spreads causing asthma and allergic rhinitis. The mouse carries a protein it its blood that can trigger these reactions in susceptible people.

In the southwestern part of the United States, the hanta viruses have been active. Most of these cases have been attributed to the cotton rat and white-foot mice, although the Norway rat has been associated with various hanta virus strains.

Rodents also contaminate a huge amount of the world's food supply by their urine and feces.