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is much less of a problem with the zinc phosphide bait as the poison quickly disperses as a
gas."
She said double strength zinc phosphide was the best option as it was much less likely to
kill unintended wildlife, including birds of prey.
"I don't know why they rushed to get bromadiolone approved when they should have
waited to see if the new double strength zinc phosphide would reduce the mouse numbers."
Dr Watson said she hoped chemical regular APVMA would think carefully about the
approval, given widespread concern about off-target damage caused by bromadiolone.
She said a number of her colleagues at the university's veterinary school were behind the
scenes campaigning to prevent the approval of bromodiolone.
Some farmers sceptical
NSW Farmers Association vice president Xavier Martin said his members were frustrated
with the government's belated response to the "natural disaster".
"There's just so many aspects of this proposal around bromadiolone that just don't add up,"
he said.
Mr Martin said that even with approval the bait would likely be hard to source from
overseas markets in time to benefit farmers.
He said the measures were too late to help winter crops, with reports farmers had already
lost freshly sown paddocks to mice.
"We need it now, and that's why I'm hearing from members they are enormously annoyed,"
Mr Martin said.
The $50 million package was announced just two days after the Country Women's
Association and NSWFarmers teamed up to call for more help with the plague.
"This is a fair dinkum natural disaster ?what we need is a practical response,"Mr Martin
said.
'There is going to be a cost'
When announcing the package, Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall said farmers would be
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gas."
She said double strength zinc phosphide was the best option as it was much less likely to
kill unintended wildlife, including birds of prey.
"I don't know why they rushed to get bromadiolone approved when they should have
waited to see if the new double strength zinc phosphide would reduce the mouse numbers."
Dr Watson said she hoped chemical regular APVMA would think carefully about the
approval, given widespread concern about off-target damage caused by bromadiolone.
She said a number of her colleagues at the university's veterinary school were behind the
scenes campaigning to prevent the approval of bromodiolone.
Some farmers sceptical
NSW Farmers Association vice president Xavier Martin said his members were frustrated
with the government's belated response to the "natural disaster".
"There's just so many aspects of this proposal around bromadiolone that just don't add up,"
he said.
Mr Martin said that even with approval the bait would likely be hard to source from
overseas markets in time to benefit farmers.
He said the measures were too late to help winter crops, with reports farmers had already
lost freshly sown paddocks to mice.
"We need it now, and that's why I'm hearing from members they are enormously annoyed,"
Mr Martin said.
The $50 million package was announced just two days after the Country Women's
Association and NSWFarmers teamed up to call for more help with the plague.
"This is a fair dinkum natural disaster ?what we need is a practical response,"Mr Martin
said.
'There is going to be a cost'
When announcing the package, Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall said farmers would be
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