Efficacy of Feratox® cyanide pellets to control introduced brushtail possums on Middle Island RESEARCH TRIAL PROTOCOL Animal Control Technologies in conjunction with Connovation (NZ) and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) February 2010 COMMERCIAL – IN – CONFIDENCE Not to be published or reproduced without the consent of the authors Table of Contents: 1. Executive Overview 3 1.1 Toxin welfare screening for possums: 4 1.2 Feratox® cyanide pellet possum
Order Monotremata: The defenition of a monotreme is an unusual mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth to live babies. A few examples are the echidna and the platypus. Their skulls have certain features that resemble reptiles. They have three bodily systems, they have the digestive system, urinary system, and reproductive system. These systems all end up in the same chamber for monotremes called the cloaca. Cloaca means “one hole’’ so it fits perfectly with the monotremes situation. After
Digestion and Metabolism of the Koala Koalas’ diets consist solely of Eucalyptus, which has many defensive mechanisms to deter herbivores. The foliage contains chemicals that are toxic and interfere with digestion, such as condensed and hydrolysable tannins, phenolic compounds, cyanogenic glycosides, and essential oils. The leaves also contain low concentrations of nutrients, making it even more difficult for the extraction of nutrients. In order to obtain the maximum amount of nutrients