Controlling Vertebrate Pests in New Zealand

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Controlling Vertebrate Pests in New Zealand Deadline: 2014-12-08
Award: $1,000

A client is seeking an ingredient that will help with controlling vertebrate pests in New Zealand including brushtail possums, rabbits, and ship rats. The compound will encourage these pests (i.e. could be "addictive") to eat baits and therefore must be able to be included in the formulation of cereal-based baits that are used for pest control.

Possums cause damage to pine plantations, native forest canopies, flowers and fruits, and eat birds’ eggs and fledglings. Rats predate on threatened bird species, and rabbits compete with livestock for grass. More than $100 million is spent annually controlling these pests.


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