Vertebrate Pest Conference: Proceedings
Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 12th (1986)
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Date of this Version
March 1987
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Major causes of failure of aerial poisoning operations against possums identified were: sublethal toxic loading, undersize sublethal baits, nonlearned behavioral aversion to 1080, and failure to encounter bait. Dislike of bait was not a major cause of failure. Progress has been made towards solving these problems, but failure to encounter bait remains a likely major reason for possums surviving aerial poisoning. Improvements in the aerial sowing of bait are essential if the full benefit of this progress is to be realized.