Project Title: Tools for mapping and eliminating surviving possums following possum control
Project Number: R-10681
Research Organisation: Landcare Research
Objective: To develop a low-cost but highly sensitive detection device for reliably mapping the distribution of possums (and other small mammals) surviving control.
Project Title: Reducing the risk of spillback infection from hunter kills
Project Number: R-10686
Research Organisation: Landcare Research
Objective: To develop tactics for reducing the risk of new outbreaks of Tb in ferrets and possum as a result of spillback infection arising from pig (and deer) carcasses killed by hunters.
Project Title: Preventing weka exposure to Feratox during possum control
Project Number: R-10687
Research Organisation: Landcare Research
Objective: To measure possum spillage of Feratox pellets from several “possum only” bait stations and confirm optimal bait type and station configurations for preventing weka mortality in the field.
Project Title: A weka-proof macro encapsulated cyanide bait using WaxTag technology
Project Number: R-50661
Research Organisation: Pest Control Research Ltd
Objective: To evaluate the palatability, efficacy and the ability to prevent weka and rat interference when using a macro encapsulated cyanide bait (MECB).
Project Title: Aerial application of alternatives to 1080 for possum control in gorse and blackberry habitats
Project Number: R-50691
Research Organisation: Pest Control Research Ltd
Objective: To develop an effective aerial method for controlling possums in dense gorse and blackberry habitats without the use of 1080.
Project Title: Assessing systems for sustained control of possums along forest-pasture margins
Project Number: R-60646
Research Organisation: Pest-Tech Ltd
Objective: To compare the cost-effectiveness of 3 methods for sustained control of possums along a forest/pasture margin.
Project Title: Inducing possum shyness in dogs
Project Number: R-60693
Research Organisation: Pest-Tech Ltd
Objective: To condition dogs not to eat possum carcasses by exposing them to possums spiked with lithium chloride and/or other CFA (conditioned food aversion) agents.
Project Title: Pen and field trial assessment of the Blitz ferret kill trap
Project Number: R-80685
Research Organisation: Landsdowne Ventures Ltd
Objective: To determine the humaneness, efficacy and cost-effectiveness of the Blitz ferret kill trap.
Project Title: Development of a cyanide bait for pigs
Project Number: R-80689
Research Organisation: Connovation Ltd
Objective: To complete the development, field testing and registration of a new cyanide bait for feral pigs.
Project Title: Feratox for Ferrets
Project Number: R-80690
Research Organisation: Connovation Ltd
Objective: To develop a Feratox pellet that consistently kills both male and female ferrets in pen trials, undertake field trials of the pellet and file for product registration of Feratox for ferret control.