Flexible seal with rodent resistant barrier

An elastic and oblong seal comprising:

• a sealing section comprising:
• a flexible outer body;
• and
• a rodent resistant barrier embedded in said outer body, said barrier comprising a plurality of separate metal wires arranged at a distance to each other and extending substantially in parallel to a longitudinal direction of the seal;
• wherein:
• the flexible outer body comprises a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) that constitutes the basic material of the seal and defines a form of the seal;
• and
• the plurality of separate metal wires comprises at least three separate metal wires each of solid single stranded metal,
• wherein at least two of the at least three separate metal wires of solid single stranded metal are encompassed by a different thermoplastic elastomer (different TPE) comprising at least one chemically modified polypropylene (PP), selected from the group consisting of:
• a polypropylene (PP) grafted with carboxylic acid, a polypropylene (PP) grafted with anhydride groups, a polypropylene (PP) grafted with epoxides, a polypropylene (PP) grafted with silanes, a maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP), a polypropylene (PP) grafted with methacrylic acid, a polypropylene (PP) grafted with glycidyl methacrylate, a polypropylene (PP) grafted with vinyl trimethoxysilane, and a polypropylene (PP) grafted with methacryl trimethoxysilane.