
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rowley, I 
T1  - 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
JF  - CSIRO Wildlife Research
JO  - CSIRO Wildl. Res.
Y1  - 1963
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
SP  - 142
EP  - 153
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CWR9630142 
N2  - 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. 
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