Bird deaths and mice plague

[Carl Clifford <>]

Bob,

Which type of MouseOff do you mean, MouseOff BD or Mouseoff ZP ? If it  
is BD, I think that anyone caught using it on crops should be bounced  
through the courts, hard. The manufacturers web site and, I presume,  
labels and MSDS states that it is not approved for use in broad-acre  
crops. If it is MouseOff ZP, if it is applied as per label i.e. late  
in the day, after birds have stopped feeding and at 2-3 grains per  
square metre, I have no problem with it. Under mouse plague  
conditions, I doubt that there would be much left, if any for the  
birds next morning.
With MouseOff ZP, there is no risk of secondary poisoning from  
consumption of poisoned mice. The mice dies of internal Phosphine  
poisoning.
As for those who use homebrewed poisons, the same treatment as for  
those who misuse MouseOff BD

Carl Clifford


On 04/06/2011, at 2:48 PM, bob gosford wrote:

I know there has been an earlier thread on this but I wonder if anyone  
has
any further thoughts or have read the article on p. 16 of the Friday
Financial Review by Emily Parkinson, "Mice Threaten 1m hectares" and  
has any
comment about the use and risk of firstly "MouseOff" and secondly the  
use of
"homemade" poisons.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts,

Bob Gosford, Katherine NT

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