MOUSEOFF and RATTOFF Snap Traps.
New MOUSEOFF® Snap Traps added to rodenticide range
Since the demise of the Australian Made Standfield Supreme mouse trap, we have been often asked about traps.
We have scoured the world looking for a high quality reliable trap, and that is exactly what we have come across in the Snap trap.
MOUSEOFF Snap Traps retail packaging.
ACTA markets these high quality traps under the MOUSEOFF® Snap Trap brand. These traps proved the best for our field trials on the Eyre Peninsula, and now feature in the MOUSEOFF® ZP Monitoring Kits.
We also supply a larger rat trap under the RATTOFF® brand.
The solid plastic base, and innovative trigger mechanism makes the traps simple to set and deadly. The traps are available in the monitoring kits or in packs for retail sale.
For more information about the MOUSEOFF® or RATTOFF® Snap Traps please contact ACTA on (03) 9308 9688 or email: enquiries@animalcontrol.com.au
RATTOFF® now available to all cane growers
RATTOFF® Zinc Phosphide Bait Sachets are now finally available to all cane growers to help control the rats in their crops.
After five years of R&D and testing under emergency and experimental permits the APVMA has now registered RATTOFF® for routine use by the cane industry. ACTA’s R&D Manager Michelle Smith explained that the development of RATTOFF® was successful due to the close collaboration between the sugar industry through the Cane Productivity Boards, Bureau of Sugar Experimental Stations (BSES), Queensland University Technology and ACTA.
"By working together we have found a solution to a major pest problem of the cane industry. Under the previous emergency use conditions, only a small number of Boards or merchants were permitted to stock RATTOFF® ZP sachets – now all stores and boards have access to the product," Michelle said.
FOXOFF® cut baits
Professor Staples described the new FOXOFF® Econobait presentation as a great step forward in fox control options for farmers and land managers.
“FOXOFF® is now available as individually made baits in a range of new plastic pails with resealable lids including packs of 10, 20, 50, 100 & 200 baits,” he said.
He explained that the traditional trays of 12 x 60g baits and 30 x 35g Econobaits are also still available.
“The new presentations will help further simplify fox control programs across Australia.”
ACTA 1080 Concentrate gets APVMA green light
The Rural Lands Protection Boards across NSW have welcomed registration of the liquid 1080 concentrate.
ACTA 1080 Concentrate has now received APVMA registration for the field preparation of baits containing sodium fluoroacetate or ‘1080’ for the control of feral pigs, foxes, rabbits and wild dogs.
ACTA has developed this manufacturing concentrate to assist government agencies remove the OH&S risks associated with staff members mixing up liquids from 1080 powder.
ACTA 1080 Concentrate provides a consistent and high quality product, which will help improve the dose compliance of field-manufactured baits.
ACTA has received registration in ACT, NSW, NT, SA, Tas, WA and Victoria after negotiations with the relevant state or territory 1080-authorised agencies.
It is now available in 200ml, 1lt and 5lt bottles for larger-scale pig baiting programmes.
PIGOUT® waits for registration
PIGOUT® the new bait for feral pig management has progressed to the
registration phase with the submission now
being reviewed by the APVMA.
Professor Linton Staples explained the PIGOUT® development is one of the fastest moving research projects ACTA has ever been involved in.
“PIGOUT® is a major step towards more streamlined approach to pig management and hopes to provide a major reduction in the enormous agricultural and environmental damage caused by feral pigs in Australia,” he said.
PIGOUT® has been developed by ACTA/ABT and the IA-CRC team through the
support of the Meat & Livestock
Australia (MLA) and the Feral Animal Program administered by the Bureau of Rural
Resources (BRS).
“The ACTA/ABT team developed some 30,000 prototype baits which the IA-CRC team used for field testing,” Professor Staples said.
“We would particularly like to acknowledge the collaboration of Project Manager Dr Steve Lapidge and PhD student and veterinarian Brendan Cowled who have made a phenomenal contribution to the extensive field testing of efficacy and non-target safety for the product.”
