Saturday, Jun 02, 2007 at 01:13
Richard,
Thanks for the link, every one should read it.
It would have been better if you had used Table 1 from that site, the info in table2 is meaningless unless you read the Paper on the link first as Table 2 refers to the number of pademelons one must eat to have a good chance of dying.
The techniques used for animal baiting in WA (which is where Maverick is commenting on) are quite different to those used in Tas and Vic.
Rabbits are baited with oats that have been vacuum impregnated with a measured amount of
1080, each oat grain contains enough
1080 to kill 2-3 rabbits.Most birds cannot eat sufficient oats to uptake enough poison to kill them.
Wild dogs and foxes are baited with a dried meat bait roughly 1.25 inch cube with just enough
1080 injected to kill 1-2 dogs.
This bait is deliberately too large for the small carnivores (Quolls etc) to eat sufficient to ingest a lethal dose of
1080,given their high tolerance to this poison.
Hope this clears up some misconceptions about
1080 baiting especially in WAas distinct from other states and countries ie NZ.
Just in case anyone wants to know, I spent the last 22 years working with Dept of Agriculture and Agriculture Protection Board doing Plant and Animal control.
Disco.
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