Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings collection
Date of this Version
1996
Document Type
Article
Citation
Published in Proceedings: Seventeenth Vertebrate Pest Conference … 1996, ed. Robert M. Timm & A. Charles Crabb (University of California, Davis, 1996).
Abstract
Contents
OPENING REMARKS - SEVENTEENTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE
Robert M. Timm ...................1
THE FUTURE OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT-AND WHY I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT
Scott R. Craven................... 2
INTRODUCING THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER
Richard D. Curnow................... 6
THE STATUS OF NUISANCE WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL IN THE STATES
Kristen P. LaVine, Mark J. Reeff, Jodi A. DiCamillo, and Gary S. Kania ...................8
ANALYSIS OF VERTEBRATE PEST RESEARCH
Jim Hone................... 13
TOWARDS "BEST PRACTICE" VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA USING VIRALLY-VECTORED IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION
Mike Braysher, Peter O'Brien, and Mary Bomford................... 18
ECOLOGICAL CHALLENGES TO CONTROLLING WILD RABBITS IN AUSTRALIA USING VIRALLY-VECTORED IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION
C. K. Williams................... 24
EDUCATION AND TRAINING INTEGRAL PART TO 1080 POSSUM CONTROL IN NEW ZEALAND
Peter C. Nelson................... 31
MOLE CONTROL- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Rex E. Marsh................... 34
DEALING WITH WILD PIG DEPREDATION IN CALIFORNIA: THE STRATEGIC PLAN
Douglas Updike and John Waithman................... 40
FEDERAL AND STATE FISH AND WILDLIFE REGULATIONS AND OTHER PERTINENT CALIFORNIA LAWS
Lee R. Martin................... 44
DEVELOPING WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INTO A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
Peter C. Nelson................... 48
AN OVERVIEW OF ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL (ADC) ASSISTANCE TO THE VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY
William H. Clay ...................51
THE PERSISTENCE AND SECONDARY POISONING RISKS OF SODIUM MONOFLUOROACETATE (1080), BRODIFACOUM, AND CHOLECALCIFEROL IN POSSUMS
C. T. Eason, G. R. Wright, L. Meikle, and P. Elder................... 54
RODENTS AND COVER CROPS-REVIEW
Gregory A. Giusti, Desley A. Whisson, and W. Paul Gorenzel ...................59
THE TEXAS ORAL RABIES VACCINATION PROJECT AND THE EXPERIMENTAL USE OF RABORAL V-RG RABIES VACCINE IN THE SOUTH TEXAS COYOTE RABIES EPIZOOTIC
M. Gayne Fearneyhough ...................62
ZOONOTIC DISEASES OF CARNIVORES AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ISSUES FOR PREDATOR CONTROL EMPLOYEES
Michele T. Jay................... 63
INVESTIGATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF EPIZOOTIC PLAGUE AT ICE HOUSE RESERVOIR, ELDORADO NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFORNIA, 1994 AND 1995
Kenneth R. Townzen, Malcolm A. Thompson, and Charles R. Smith................... 68
POPULATION DENSITIES AND DISEASE SURVEYS OF WILD PIGS IN THE COAST RANGES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Rick A. Sweitzer, Ian A. Gardner, Ben J. Gonzales, Dirk Van Vuren, and Walter M. Boyce ...................75
PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE GENETICS OF RESISTANCE IN THE HOUSE MOUSE
Colin V. Prescott ...................83
A PROFILE OF DEPREDATING MOUNTAIN LIONS
Steven D. Fairaizl and San Juan Stiver................... 88
LEG INJURIES TO COYOTES CAPTURED IN STANDARD AND MODIFIED SOFT CATCH® TRAPS
Kenneth S. Graver, Robert Phillips, and Elizabeth S. Williams................... 91
AGELAIUS BLACKBIRDS AND RICE IN URUGUAY AND THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
Ethel N. Rodriquez and Michael L. Avery...................94
DISACCHARIDE INTOLERANCE OF EUROPEAN STARLINGS
Leonard R. Askham ...................99
USE OF THE MODIFIED AUSTRALIAN CROW TRAP FOR THE CONTROL OF DEPREDATING BIRDS IN SONOMA COUNTY
Pierre Gadd, Jr................... 103
OVERHEAD WIRES REDUCE ROOF-NESTING BY RING-BILLED GULLS AND HERRING GULLS
Jerrold L. Belant and Sheri K. Ickes................... 108
NEST MATERIAL AS A DELIVERY METHOD FOR AVICIDES: PRELIMINARY TESTS WITH AFRICAN WEAVER FINCHES
Stephen A. Shumake and Peter J. Savarie................... 113
EFFECTS OF STAGE OF NUT DEVELOPMENT AND SIMULATED RAT DAMAGE ON MACADAMIA YIELDS
Mark E. Tobin, Ann E. Koehler, Robert T. Sugihara, and Richard M. Engeman................... 119
ECONOMIC EFFECTIVENESS, EFFICIENCY, AND SELECTIVITY OF FOX SQUIRREL TRAPPING IN PECAN GROVES
J. Grant Huggins................... 123
FIELD EFFICACY OF DIPHACINONE GRAIN BAITS USED TO CONTROL THE CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRREL
J. A. Baroch................... 127
PALATABILITY OF RODENTICIDE BAITS IN RELATION TO THEIR EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST FARM POPULATIONS OF THE NORWAY RAT
Roger J. Quy, David P. Cowan, Colin Morgan, and Tom Swinney ...................133
ZINC PHOSPHIDE RESIDUES IN VOLES: SCENARIOS SHOWING LOW RISKS IN DOMESTIC CATS AND DOGS Ray
T. Sterner................... 139
MONGOLIAN RANGELANDS: RODENT PROBLEMS AND APPROACHES TO ALLEVIATE DAMAGE
Dale L. Nolte ...................143
IMPACTS OF FIELD-DWELLING RODENTS ON EMERGING FIELD CORN
Scott E. Hygnstrom, Kurt C. VerCauteren, and Jason D. Ekstein................... 148
THE POCKET GOPHER AS A PEST IN MEXICO
Desley Whisson and Beatriz Villa-C ...................151
PERCEPTIONS OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE BY CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM CONTRACT HOLDERS IN RILEY COUNTY, KANSAS
John P. Hughes and Philip S. Gipson................... 154
THE WASHINGTON ADCP—A PRIVATE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO ADDRESS BIOLOGICAL, ECONOMICAL, AND SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS TO REDUCE WILDLIFE DAMAGE
Georg Ziegltrum and Dale L. Nolte ...................158
IMPACTS OF A DAILY TRAP CHECK LAW ON THE CALIFORNIA ADC PROGRAM
Craig Coolahan ...................160
NORWAY RAT INFESTATION OF URBAN LANDSCAPING AND PREVENTIVE DESIGN CRITERIA
Bruce A. Colvin, Ralph Degregorio, and Charlotte Fleetwood................... 165
THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF INTRODUCED COMMENSAL RODENTS ON ISLAND FLORA
Gillian Key, Renata Platenberg, Andrew Eashy, and Kathleen Mais ...................172
THE DISTRIBUTION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ANTICOAGULANT-RESISTANT NORWAY RATS (RATTUS NORVEGICUS) IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 1988-95
Alan D. Macnicoll, Gerard M. Kerins, Nicola J. Dennis, and Erica Gill ...................179
PLANT SECONDARY CHEMICALS AS NON-LETHAL VERTEBRATE REPELLENTS
Richard W. Watkins, David P. Cowan, and Elaine L. Gill ...................186
IMPROVED SEALANTS FOR M-44 CYANIDE CAPSULES
Guy Connolly................... 193
HOW TO CONTROL A PEST'S PEST-FLEA AND RODENT EFFICACY
Becky Doane, Dave Blodget, and Bonnie Bonnivier ...................197
THE USE OF TIP TRAPS TO CONTROL RABBIT DAMAGE IN SCOTLAND
Robert M. E. Fuchs, W. Kenneth Maclean, Caroline A. Mackintosh, and Iain M. Allan ...................199
EFFECTIVENESS OF VICHOS NON-LETHAL COLLARS IN DETERRING COYOTE ATTACKS ON SHEEP
Richard J. Burns and J. Russell Mason ...................204
TECHNIQUES AND EXPERTISE IN WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL: A SURVEY AMONG THE NATIONAL ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL ASSOCIATION (NADCA) MEMBERSHIP
Dallas R. Virchow and J. Russell Mason................... 207
ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF BRODIFACOUM DURING RODENT ERADICATION OPERATIONS IN NEW ZEALAND
D. R. Morgan, G. R. Wright, S. C. Ogilvie, R. Pierce, and P. Thomson ...................213
THE EVOLUTION OF APHIS' TWO GAS CARTRIDGES Craig A. Ramey and
Edward W. Schafer, Jr ...................219
RESULTS OF A NON-LETHAL SURVEY AND REPORT PROVIDED TO THE NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE
J. Alan May ...................225
MANAGING PLAGUE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITATS
Frederick J. Harrison, Jr ...................230
OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE BROWN TREE SNAKE IN GUAM
Thomas C. Hall ...................234
REDUCING LIVESTOCK DEPREDATION LOSSES IN THE NEPALESE HIMALAYA
Rodney M. Jackson, Gary G. Ahlborn, Mahesh Gurung, and Som Ale ...................241
ANIMAL RIGHTS AND THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND NATURE; A DEBATE
Walter E. Howard................... 248
ANIMAL LIBERATION AND THE LESSONS OF NATURE
Steve F. Sapontzis ...................250
CLOSING REMARKS - SEVENTEENTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE
Rex O. Baker ...................254
CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS ...................255
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Copyright © 1996 (where applicable) by the Vertebrate Pest Council of the Vertebrate Pest Conference. Used by permission.