Sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) poisoned jam bait laid for brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) also kills ferrets (Mustela furo)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-141

  Moller, H ^a   Showers, J ^a   Wright, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

1080; Conservation; Jam bait; Mice (Mus musculus); Mustela furo; Mustelids; Mycobacterium bovis; Non target species; Target species

Indexed keywords

BRUSHTAIL POSSUM; FERRET; NON-TARGET MAMMAL; PEST CONTROL; POISONED BAIT; SODIUM MONOFLUOROACETATE (1080);

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, DUNEDIN;

MUS MUSCULUS; MUSTELA FURO; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0030435838     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518073     Document Type: Article

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