Status: Completed

Start date: 30 December 2005

Completion date: 30 December 2019

Project code: N/A

Species: Feral pigs

Summary

The HOGGONE® project has been ongoing since 2005 through the Invasive Animals CRC, Animal Control Technologies Australia and Meat & Livestock Australia.

During this time, the project has been developing formulations of sodium nitrite and a new bait, HOGGONE®, for feral pig control so that additional tools are available in the future for the ever-expanding number of feral pigs in Australia.

Sister projects to this effort in Australia are the registration of HOGGONE® in NZ (led by Connovation) and in the USA (led by the USDA National Wildlife Research Center, NWRC) for wild hog control.

This project will finalise the HOGGONE® research trials undertaken through the Invasive Animals CRC which will add considerable strength to regulatory applications.

Key achievements

Outputs

  • All Australian HOGGONE® field trials have been undertaken as part of this project and all previously funded trials have been finalised.

Outcomes

  • A HOGGONE® AVPMA registration package has been submitted by Animal Control Technologies Australia Pty Ltd and was approved in December 2019.

Impact

Project team

Dr Simon Humphreys

Project Lead

Professor Linton Staples

ACTA

Jason Wishart

ACTA

Cameron Allan

Meat & Livestock Australia

Project partners