
%0 Journal Article
%A Rowley, I 
%T Field enclosure experiments on the technique of poisoning the rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.).  IV. A study of shyness in wild rabbits subjected to '1080' poisoning
%J CSIRO Wildlife Research
%D 1963/08/01
%V 8
%N 2
%P 142-153
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CWR9630142
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CWR9630142 
%X Shyness to both bait and poison was developed in only a small proportion of wild rabbits subjected to experimental poisoning with sodium fluoroacetate ("1080"). The duration of this avoidance reaction did not exceed 3 weeks. The small proportion of the animals which developed shyness does not account for the gross failures experienced in the field when free-feeding was omitted; it is suggested that the survivors under these conditions are mainly animals which have failed to recognize the bait as a food material. The importance of adequate free-feeding before poison is added to the bait material is emphasized. 
