Goal 7: Integrated rabbit control

TARGET: Improved integration of existing biological, conventional and newly-developed control options for rabbits.

Outputs

• Biodiversity impacts of rabbits determined
• The mechanisms behind the lack of effectiveness of RHD in higher rainfall areas understood
• RHDV disease suspension product made available to end-users
• Knowledge on the potential of new RHDV strains to boost biocontrol of wild rabbits in Australia
• Freeze-dried RHD bait-delivered product (Take Aim®) made available to end users
• Rabbit warren pressure carbon monoxide fumigator
• Optimal strategy for bait-delivered RHDV
• Optimal strategies for conventional rabbit control
• Strategies for optimal use of RHDV and conventional controls

Projects

• Rabbit Impacts: Biodiversity and economic impacts of rabbits (7.T.6, 7.T.7)
• Review of RHD (7.T.3)
• RHD genetic resistance (7.T.5)
  • PhD: Development of genetic resistance to RHD in wild rabbits (Peter Elsworth)
• Enhancing RHD effectiveness: Field study on the prevalence of different rabbit caliciviruses in south-east Australia (7.T.1)
  • PhD: Transmission and effectiveness of RHDV infections in rabbit populations at different spatial scales (Maija Marsh)
• Take Aim®: shelf-stable RHDV product (7.T.2)
• Carbon monoxide pressure fumigator (10.U.14)
• RHD-Boost (7.T.12e)
• Rabbit project manager (7.T.4, 7.T.4a, 7.T.4b, 7.T.8e)

Relevant projects included under other goals

• Economic impact of feral animals (12.D.6)
• Validating and refining risk assessment models (9.D.1)
• Mapping invasive animals in Australia (includes rabbits) (12.D.1)