Pest Control
MAF-funded research into controlling pests that threaten New Zealand's productive capacity
- Analysis of Submissions on the Importation Impact Assessment for the RCD virus
27th Jan 1997
This report summarises public submissions to the Chief Veterinary Officer on the Application to the Director General of Agriculture to approve the importation of rabbit calicivirus. - Biological Control of Possums
20 February 2003
Extract from 2002/2003 Research in Progress. - Biological Management of Possums
2nd March 2002
Workshop proceedings, presenting papers that represent the latest research on managing possums with biological methods. - Decision on the application to approve the importation of rabbit calicivirus as a biological control agent for feral rabbits
2nd July 1997
Permission to import the RCD virus as a biological control agent for rabbits should be refused because the poor understanding of the epidemiology of the RCD virus and the disease it produces. - Fruit fly: a major threat to New Zealand’s fruit and vegetable industries?
14th June 1996
This article uses an incursion of Mediterranean fruit fly as a benchmark to consider the threat posed to New Zealand's fruit and vegetable industries by the fruit fly pest. - Possum Biocontrol
20 February 2003
Extract from 2001/2002 Research Results. - Public Perceptions of Management of Possums
1st January 1997
Most people view possums unfavourably, with its main impact seen as being environmental (however, the main issue, from a policy perspective, is BTb). For biological control methods: the most acceptable were those that stopped possums breeding; the least acceptable were those that made possums more susceptible to natural diseases. - Public Perceptions of Rabbit Control
28th December 1996
After possums, rabbits are New Zealand's second major vertebrate pest problem, damaging both the environment and farm production. People's response to Rabbit Calicivirus Disease (RCD) is complex. - Rabbit calicivirus disease as a possible biocontrol for rabbits
14th June 1996
A biological control method which is humane, rabbit-specific, highly contagious, not reliant on vectors, and results in a high mortality rate would offer hope of cost-effective control. - RCD Research Report
14th November 1997
If RCD persists as a classical biological control but gives insufficient suppression of rabbits on its own, the question arises as to whether supplementary control is desirable. - RCD Reviewers Reports
27th March 1997
The reports of twelve independent expert reviewers, working independently of each other in their respective areas of expertise, on the RCD application. - Report of the Chief Veterinary Officer to the Decision-maker on the RCD Application
2nd July 1977
Although there is no convincing evidence of RCD infection in species other than the European rabbit, questions remain about host specificity and the possibility of subclinical infections. There is much that is unknown in regard to the pathogenesis and epidemiology of the disease. - Wild Birds, Flies, and Rodents as Reservoirs of Campylobacter spp. on Dairy Farm
6 March 2003
MAF Technical Paper 2002/18 6 March 2003
Field studies were carried out to determine the prevalence and strains of Campylobacter spp in cattle, wild birds, rodents and flies on a dairy farm.- PDF Download [1,235KB PDF]
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