Bait aggregation to reduce cost and toxin use in aerial 1080 baiting of small mammal pests in New Zealand

• Published in: Pest Management Science
• Main Authors: Nugent, Graham, Warburton, Bruce, Thomson, Caroline, Cross, Martin L, Coleman, Morgan C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Kerr; New Zealand; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.3315; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fps.3315; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ps.3315

Abstract BACKGROUND: The metabolic toxin sodium fluoroacetate (‘compound 1080’) is widely used for controlling introduced mammalian pests in New Zealand. For large‐scale operations, 1080 is distributed aerially in bait to kill brushtail possums ( Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr) and ship rats ( Rattus ra...