Publication Date

10-2016

Series Number

DPIRD-150

Publisher

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

City

Perth

Abstract

This factsheet provides information on using bait stations for rabbit control.

Biological control agents such as the myxoma virus (myxomatosis), and rabbit haemorraghic disease virus (RHDV) or rabbit calicivirus disease, will not provide ‘magic bullets’ for reducing the impact of rabbits on agricultural production and the environment. Biological agents are more effective when they form part of an integrated approach to rabbit control. An integrated approach should use all available control options, including biological control, the use of vertebrate pesticides, shooting, and trapping programs. Control programs are most effective when they include the greatest number of properties possible (that is, in coordination with neighbours).

Number of Pages

5

Keywords

Rabbits, Rabbit control, Pesticides, Rabbit bait stations, Pindone, Sodium fluoroacetate (1080), Poisons, Pests, Environmental damage

Disciplines

Agricultural Education | Agricultural Science | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Animal Sciences | Biosecurity | Environmental Health and Protection | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Population Biology | Toxicology

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