Diphacinone, the active ingredient in Ramik, is a first-generation anticoagulant. Ramik is fish flavored for high palatability and is made from a food-quality grain mix. It is suitable for any use, from rat infestations encountered in livestock and poultry production facilities to the occasional mouse in the house. For control of Norway rats, roof rats and house mice in and around homes, industrial and agricultural buildings, and similar man-made structures. This product is especially suited for use in wet or damp areas, including banks, gullies, irrigation ditches, railroad tracks, loading areas, under granaries, along fences, garbage dumps and landfills.