Regional areas in NSW badly affected by the mouse plague will soon receive some relief, as the state government prepares to roll out 20 grain treatment sites.
Pending approval from the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) for the use of bromadiolone around crops, the sites will use perimeter baiting in combination with zinc phosphide.
Bromadiolone is a rodenticide that has been specially manufactured to kill rats and mice.
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Desperate farmers having begged the government for assistance, a mouse plague across the NSW Central West continues to rage on. Millions of rodents are invading schools, homes, and farms - and wiping out crops.(Facebook / Foxearth Farm)
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The New South Wales government is ready to distribute a mouse poison outlawed in most countries to combat the growing plague which is now marching towards Sydney.
The state government has secured 5,000 litres of bromadiolone and hopes it will be quickly approved for use by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority.
However, concerns have been expressed over the chemical’s high secondary poison rate which would lead to the death of wildlife.
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NSW Govt Brings Back Strongest Rodent Pesticide to Combat Mouse Plague
The New South Wales (NSW) government has secured 5000 litres of bromadiolone, one of the world’s strongest pesticides against rodents, as part of a $50 million (US$38.8 million) ‘mouse trap’ package to help farmers combat the ongoing mouse plague.
The chemical, which has been banned from outdoor usage since 2017, is currently awaiting approval from the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) before it is distributed to farmers.
“Experts will treat growers’ grain with bromadiolone completely free of charge to build a mice-free fortress to protect paddocks,” Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall said in a statement. “When used in conjunction with in-field zinc phosphide baiting, farmers will have a multi-layered defense against the rodents.”
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