Calisi Virus Survey

WICC is planning to release a new strain of calici virus to help with rabbit control in the Wilson Inlet, Owingup and Kent River catchments. If you have higher than ‘usual’ rabbit numbers on your patch we would like to hear from you. Please take five minutes to complete the online survey below….

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Estimate rabbit activity using the standardised assessment below *

High density – abundant active warrens, rabbits visible any time

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Medium density – active warrens present, a fair amount of sign (scratches, dung heaps, feeding areas)

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Low density – some sign, few holes

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Zero – no sign

WICC will fund the calici release at up to 4 sites in our operational area (we are using our own funds for this).

If your property is not one of the 4 WICC funded sites would you be willing to fund our contractor to release calici at your property? (we will send you a quote once the new strain of calici is available in late October / early November (likely $250 - $350 per release).

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I have read and understood the terms and conditions listed below to receive FREE calisi virus *

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Terms and Conditions

Requirement for receiving FREE calici virus.

In order to have the most effective uptake of the virus it is essential to follow the instructions below.

Free-feeding
• Perform free-feeding of at least 2 feeds with carrots or 3 feeds for oats. Free-feeding of non-treated bait is an essential step to allow rabbits to become accustomed to eating bait material. It also enables an estimation of amount of treated bait required and assessment of any non-target uptake.

• The rate of bait for free-feeding should be appropriate to the local rabbit density, typically 2 to 5kg/km for oats and 15 to 20kg/km for carrots

• Distribute free-feeds by broadcast (carrots only) or by trailing (oats and carrots).

Baits
Oats should be standard intact oats with husks attached and carrots should be good quality and freshly diced. One vial reconstituted product (10 mL) diluted with an additional 90 mL of water (100 mL total volume) is sufficient to treat 10kg of freshly diced carrots OR 5kg of oats.