19-03-2021, 03:16 PM
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Re: Mouse plague in Australia !!
Originally Posted by Donkeyman
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Hospital patients have been bitten!Farms and Housers have been infested!
Restaurants and supermarkets over run!
Sounds like they need the pied pipers help?
I hope they don't use myxomatosis again?
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔
More information about the present Australian mouse plague on the links below:
https://news.sky.com/story/worst-mic...itten-12250474
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_...s_in_Australia
19-03-2021, 07:59 PM
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Re: Mouse plague in Australia !!
Originally Posted by Baz46
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Wasn't myxomatosis used in the UK to cull the rabbit population? I couldn't find any reference to it being used in Australia on mice though. Perhaps our members from Australia will know? More information about the present Australian mouse plague on the links below:
https://news.sky.com/story/worst-mic...itten-12250474
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_...s_in_Australia
Yes, it was Baz ,but it originated in Ozzie where they had allready
exterminated their entire population of rabbits with the disease ?
Thanks for the links to the mouse plague, amazing how that can
happen eh!
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔🤔
19-03-2021, 09:06 PM
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Re: Mouse plague in Australia !!
Originally Posted by Pixie Knuckles
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Surely there must be some cats around there that could pitch in?
PK,
As there are no natural predators in ozz , any imported animals into
ozz tend to out compete the local indigenous species and eventually
become predominant !
The mice and rabbits arrived there on cargo ships by accident and
became pests!
Strange how cows and sheep are not declared pests eh !
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔
19-03-2021, 09:08 PM
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Re: Mouse plague in Australia !!
Originally Posted by Donkeyman
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Yes, it was Baz, but it originated in Ozzie where they had already exterminated their entire population of rabbits with the disease?Thanks for the links to the mouse plague, amazing how that can happen eh!
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔🤔
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-...ailed/12529702
19-03-2021, 09:29 PM
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Re: Mouse plague in Australia !!
Originally Posted by Baz46
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No idea why I couldn't find anything about that happening in Australia. This time round I found plenty of information, interesting to read all about that on the link below, if anyone is interested:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-...ailed/12529702
Some lessons for covid there l think?
Donkeyman! 👍🤔👍
20-03-2021, 04:50 AM
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Re: Mouse plague in Australia !!
Originally Posted by Donkeyman
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Hospital patients have been bitten !Farms and Housers have been infested !
Restaurants and supermarkets over run !
Sounds like they need the pied pipers help ?
I hope they don't use myximatosis again?
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔
Not only that but Myxomatosis hasn't been used against wild rabbits for decades, it is ineffective because rabbits that survived it are immune. I think it came from South America but I remember it in the UK in the 1950s.
In the mid 90s Calicivirus was introduced to help control rabbits and has been quite effective. A new strain from Korea is being released into rabbit populations this month. According to the local radio it will be spread by carrots dropped from the air (?)
As for mice? Mouse plagues come and go, they are a sign of the fantastic, record harvest this year conbined with the wet conditions, the first frosts of winter will solve the problem.
Well, there you go Assman you may not be any the wiser but at least you are better informed. I hope that helped.
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