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Day, T. D., and C. E. O'Connor. "Behavioural Adaptation of Brushtail Possums (Trichosurus Vulpecula) to Captivity." Animal Welfare 9, no. 4 (November 2000): 413–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0962728600022995.

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AbstractBrushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula, are New Zealand's most serious vertebrate pest, facilitating the spread of bovine tuberculosis to livestock, and causing severe damage to native flora and fauna. Possum control has become a national research priority, involving the use of large numbers of captive possums. Successful adaptation of these animals to captivity is important for the welfare of the possums and for the validity of experimental results. The objective of this study was to determine, by behavioural means, the time individually caged possums required for adaptation to capt

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Fink, Lyndsay. "Native Australian Mammals Possums – Common Ringtail Possum (xiv)." Ballarat Naturalist (1993:Jul) (July 1993): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/p.384213.

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Kroll, Jeri. "Possums." New Writing 1, no. 2 (October 15, 2004): 133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14790720408668930.

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Call, Melissa J., and Ashleigh S. Davey. "Hello Possums!" Immunology & Cell Biology 99, no. 7 (June 28, 2021): 674–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imcb.12483.

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Russell, Tracey C., Catherine A. Herbert, and James L. Kohen. "High possum mortality on urban roads: implications for the population viability of the common brushtail and the common ringtail possum." Australian Journal of Zoology 57, no. 6 (2009): 391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo09079.

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Animal–vehicle collisions impact wildlife populations and in the northern suburbs of Sydney, both the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) and the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) are killed in large numbers. Over a two-year period almost 600 road-killed possums were observed from 217 road surveys covering over 7800 km, equating to 5.45 possums per week over the 36-km study area. Surveys were conducted along roads where the environment ranged from low-rise suburban to continuous sclerophyll forest. Significantly more ringtail possums were observed as road-kill, outn

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Potts, Annie. "Kiwis Against Possums: A Critical Analysis of Anti-Possum Rhetoric in Aotearoa New Zealand." Society & Animals 17, no. 1 (2009): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853009x393738.

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AbstractThe history of brushtail possums in New Zealand is bleak. The colonists who forcibly transported possums from their native Australia to New Zealand in the nineteenth century valued them as economic assets, quickly establishing a profitable fur industry. Over the past 80 or so years, however, New Zealand has increasingly scapegoated possums for the unanticipated negative impact their presence has had on the native environment and wildlife. Now this marsupial—blamed and despised—suffers the most miserable of reputations and is extensively targeted as the nation's number one pest. This pa

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Runcie, Myfanwy J. "Movements, dens and feeding behaviour of the tropical scaly-tailed possum (Wyulda squamicaudata)." Wildlife Research 26, no. 3 (1999): 367. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr98015.

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I used trapping and radio-telemetry to study a population of scaly-tailed possums (Wyulda squamicaudata) in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Radio-tracking of five adults over eight days provided detailed information on dens, and on size and shape of the home range, and facilitated nocturnal observations. W. squamicaudata used four different types of rock formations for diurnal dens: rockpiles, sunken rockpiles, large rock slabs and underground rock crevices. Radio-tagged possums of both sexes nested alone, used multiple dens and had overlapping home ranges. Both tagged and untagged

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Holland, O. J., P. E. Cowan, D. M. Gleeson, and L. W. Chamley. "413. Genetic diversity of the major histocompatibility complex and response to immunocontraceptives in the brushtail possum." Reproduction, Fertility and Development 20, no. 9 (2008): 93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/srb08abs413.

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The brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) is a major invasive pest in New Zealand. One option for its control is the use of an immunocontraceptive vaccine, a method of fertility control that employs the immune system to attack reproductive cells or proteins. Initial trials of immunocontraceptive vaccines have shown individual variation in immune response. Concerns have been raised that the use of such a vaccine on wild populations could result in selection for possums that remain fertile because of low or no response, and subsequently negate the efficacy of the vaccine. Therefore, it is imp

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Coleman, JD. "Distribution, Prevalence, and Epidemiology of Bovine Tuberculosis in Brushtail Possums, Trichosurus-Vulpecula, in the Hohonu Range, New-Zealand." Wildlife Research 15, no. 6 (1988): 651. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9880651.

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Over a 12-month period, 1467 brushtail possums were trapped and then killed or were poisoned along sampling lines on pasture-forest margins and in nearby forest. An additional 334 possums were shot on adjacent farm land. All possums were necropsied, and 141 had macroscopic lesions typical of bovine tuberculosis. Infected possums occurred most commonly in small foci of 2-5 individuals along pasture-forest margins; the furthest from pasture that an infected animal was taken was 4050 m. Lesions occurred in possums of all ages in both sexes, but disease prevalence was highest in immature males and

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Thomas, M. D., F. W. Maddigan, J. A. Brown, and M. Trotter. "Optimising possum control using encapsulated cyanide (Feratoxreg;)." New Zealand Plant Protection 56 (August 1, 2003): 77–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.30843/nzpp.2003.56.6089.

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Feratoxreg; is an encapsulated cyanide product used extensively throughout New Zealand for possum control It has advantages of being lightweight and is not legally required to be checked daily as are leghold traps This study evaluated delivery methods for Feratoxreg; by comparing the number of possums killed by Feratoxreg; treatments with the number of possums killed by an industry accepted standard ie possum captures in leghold traps When Feratoxreg; was used in plastic bags coated with a rat repellent and fixed to wires located at 5 m spacings significantly less possums were killed than in t

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Cook, Briar, and Nick Mulgan. "Targeted Mop up and Robust Response Tools Can Achieve and Maintain Possum Freedom on the Mainland." Animals 12, no. 7 (April 4, 2022): 921. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12070921.

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Unfenced sites on mainland New Zealand have long been considered impossible to defend from reinvasion by possums, and are thus unsuitable for eradication. In July 2019, we began eliminating possums from 11,642 ha (including approximately 8700 ha of suitable possum habitat) in South Westland, using alpine rivers and high alpine ranges to minimise reinvasion. Two aerial 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) applications, each with two pre-feeds, were used. Here, we detail the effort to mop up existing possums and subsequent invaders in the 13 months following the aerial operation. Possums were detected an

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Russell, Tracey Catherine, Ellen Geraghty, and Sarah Wilks. "Brushtail possums: do present law, policy and management approaches meet the needs of this species in all its contexts?" Australian Journal of Zoology 61, no. 1 (2013): 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo12125.

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Brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) have been variously described as endangered, pests, prized native wildlife and, recently, as a potential meat export. This article reports information on the increasing decline of the brushtail possum and on attitudes towards these animals. The ‘fit’ between values and attitudes and prevailing governance arrangements is assessed. While the range of this animal is certainly shrinking, areas do exist where the brushtail possum is present at high or very high densities. It is in these areas of high possum density (some urban areas and certain agricultural

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Giffney, R. A., T. Russell, and J. L. Kohen. "Age of road-killed common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) and common ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) in an urban environment." Australian Mammalogy 31, no. 2 (2009): 137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am09016.

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Road-associated mortality has been identified as having major ecological effects on small, fragmented and declining populations. Both the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) and common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) appear to be in decline in some regions across their natural ranges. Urban populations may be an exception; however, little is known of their population ecology. This study investigates age trends in a subset of road-killed brushtail and ringtail possums collected along eight northern Sydney roads between March 2004 and March 2006. From a total of 591 record

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Cown, PE, and DS Rhodes. "Restricting the movements of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) on farmland with electric fencing." Wildlife Research 19, no. 1 (1992): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9920047.

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A trial was conducted to test whether an electric fence would limit local movements of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) on farmland in the central North I. of New Zealand. If effective, such a system could be used to reduce possum and cattle interactions and the spread of bovine tuberculosis. A 3-km-long, 9-strand electric fence was erected from ridge to ridge across a valley catchment of about 160 ha. Possums were live-trapped and released at bush patches within the study area and in open areas immediately adjacent to the electric fence. Only about 30% of possums caught at local bush

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Morgan, D. R., and A. T. Rhodes. "Selectivity of Ferafeed paste bait treated with a rodent repellent a cage trial." New Zealand Plant Protection 53 (August 1, 2000): 316–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.30843/nzpp.2000.53.3702.

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FeraFeed is a nontoxic prefeed paste bait used in conjunction with Feratox cyanide capsules for the control of possums The selectivity of a formulation of FeraFeed containing a rodent repellent was tested in a cage trial with Norway rats and possums Rats were strongly discouraged from eating the material and yet readily consumed nontreated FeraFeed paste while possums were not deterred Incorporation of the repellent should therefore improve the costeffectiveness of using FeraFeed/Feratox in possum control Additionally use of FeraFeed/Feratox for monitoring possum populations may be improved by

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BARRON, M. C., G. NUGENT, and M. L. CROSS. "Importance and mitigation of the risk of spillback transmission of Mycobacterium bovis infection for eradication of bovine tuberculosis from wildlife in New Zealand." Epidemiology and Infection 141, no. 7 (December 5, 2012): 1394–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0950268812002683.

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SUMMARYIntroduced brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) are wildlife maintenance hosts for Mycobacterium bovis in New Zealand, often living sympatrically with other potential hosts, including wild red deer (Cervus elaphus scoticus). Population control of possums has been predicted to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) from New Zealand wildlife; however, there is concern that long-lived M. bovis-infected deer could represent a ‘spillback’ risk for TB re-establishment (particularly when possum populations recover after cessation of intensive control). We constructed a time-, age- and sex-structured

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Harper, Michael J. "Home range and den use of common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) in urban forest remnants." Wildlife Research 32, no. 8 (2005): 681. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr04072.

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The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) is an arboreal marsupial that has adapted well to urban landscapes. Fifteen adult possums (12 female, 3 male) caught in small patches of indigenous vegetation (remnants) in the south-east of metropolitan Melbourne were radio-tracked over a three-month period to investigate nocturnal behaviour and den use. Minimum convex polygon (100%) home-range estimates of both female (1.02 ± 0.28 ha) and male (1.19 ± 0.33 ha) urban brushtail possums trapped in urban forest remnants appear to be smaller than those previously reported for urban brushtail pos

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Waudby, Helen P., and Sophie Petit. "Responses to a survey question on the distribution of western pygmy-possums (Cercartetus concinnus) on Yorke Peninsula, South Australia." Australian Mammalogy 34, no. 1 (2012): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am11025.

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The western pygmy-possum (Cercartetus concinnus) is probably the last remaining small native ground-dwelling mammal on Yorke Peninsula. We surveyed 1013 Yorke Peninsula residents about the distribution of pygmy-possums on the peninsula. Thirteen of 296 respondents had seen pygmy-possums, none north of Minlaton. Two additional possum species had also been seen.

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Caley, P., N. J. Spencer, R. A. Cole, and M. G. Efford. "The effect of manipulating population density on the probability of den-sharing among common brushtail possums, and the implications for transmission of bovine tuberculosis." Wildlife Research 25, no. 4 (1998): 383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr97029.

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Common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) act as a reservoir of bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) in New Zealand and the simultaneous sharing of dens may result in the transmission of Tb between possums. The effect of manipulating population density on the per capita probability of simultaneous den-sharing among possums was investigated at a site near Dunedin, New Zealand. Den characteristics that could affect the probability of simultaneous sharing were also investigated, though none were found to be significant. The daily probability of a possum sharing a den was estimated to

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Ross, J. G., G. J. Hickling, D. R. Morgan, and C. T. Eason. "The role of non-toxic prefeed and postfeed in the development and maintenance of 1080 bait shyness in captive brushtail possums." Wildlife Research 27, no. 1 (2000): 69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr98029.

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Shyness to sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) in cereal bait can persist in sub-lethally poisoned possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) populations for at least 2 years. We investigated the use of non-toxic cereal ‘prefeed’ and ‘postfeed’ as ways of inhibiting and overcoming such shyness. The postfeed result was also compared with changing to a non-cereal, gel-based 1080 bait. Prefeeding had a significant effect on the number of possums that became ‘bait shy’ following an approximate LD20 1080 dose, with 97% of non-prefed possums developing an aversion to 1080 cereal bait compared with only 22% of prefe

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Cowan, PE, DK Blackmore, and RB Marshall. "Leptospiral Infection in Common Brushtail Possums (Trichosurus Vulpecula) From Lowland Podocarp/Mixed Hardwood Forest in New Zealand." Wildlife Research 18, no. 6 (1991): 719. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9910719.

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A survey of 261 common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) from New Zealand lowland podocarp/mixed hardwood forest showed 34% of possums with antibodies to Leptospira interrogans serovar balcanica, 35% with antibodies to serovar hardjo, and isolation of balcanica leptospires from 23% of kidney cultures. One possum showed a titre to serovar ballum, leptospires of which were subsequently isolated in culture. Seroprevalences and isolation rates were similar in mature males and females, and increased with age. Sexually immature possums were rarely infected, but recently matured animals had s

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Eason, CT, D. Batcheler, and CM Frampton. "Comparative Pharmacokinetics of Iophenoxic Acid in Cats and Brushtail Possums." Wildlife Research 21, no. 3 (1994): 377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9940377.

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The comparative plasma pharmacokinetics of iophenoxic acid was studied in the cat and brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) to evaluate the suitability of this compound as a bait marker in these species. In cats, a mean peak plasma concentration of 946 micro g per 100 ml was obtained after administration of 1.5 mg/kg of iophenoxic acid. However, at the same dose level in possums, mean peak plasma concentration was only 157 micro g per 100 ml. Even after administration of 10 mg/kg of iophenoxic acid, the maximum peak plasma concentration in possums was only 459 micro g per 100 m/litre. The p

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Pitman, Teresa. "The Possums Sleep Film." Clinical Lactation 9, no. 4 (November 2018): 212. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/2158-0782.9.4.212.

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Jolly, S. E. "Biological control of possums." New Zealand Journal of Zoology 20, no. 4 (October 1993): 335–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1993.10420355.

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Sakaguchi, Ei, and Ian D. Hume. "Digesta retention and fibre digestion in brushtail possums, ringtail possums and rabbits." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 96, no. 2 (January 1990): 351–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0300-9629(90)90704-v.

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Harris, PM, DW Dellow, and RB Broadhurst. "Protein and Energy Requirements and Deposition in the Growing Brushtail Possum and Rex Rabbit." Australian Journal of Zoology 33, no. 4 (1985): 425. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo9850425.

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Nitrogen and energy requirements of the growing brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula and the Rex rabbit were studied by means of growth, balance and calorimetry techniques in 2 trials. The maintenance requirements of apparently digestible N were estimated from balance as being 358 and 442 mg/kg0.75 daily for the possums and rabbit, respectively. The standard metabolic rates were 200 and 359 kJ/kg0.75 daily; requirements of apparently digestible energy for maintenance were 370 and 480 kJ/kg daily. The possums grew more slowly over the same weight range as the rabbits and deposited a greater p

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Littin, Kate E., Neville G. Gregory, Andrea T. Airey, Charles T. Eason, and David J. Mellor. "Behaviour and time to unconsciousness of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) after a lethal or sublethal dose of 1080." Wildlife Research 36, no. 8 (2009): 709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr09009.

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Context. Sodium fluoroacetate (1080) is a vertebrate pesticide used in several countries, including New Zealand, where it is the main pesticide for controlling brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) – a significant agricultural and conservation pest. There is growing concern internationally about the impacts of vertebrate pesticides, including 1080, on pest animal welfare. Aims. Behavioural changes and time to loss of consciousness of possums after 1080 ingestion in carrot baits were determined to compare the animal welfare impacts with other possum pesticides. Methods. Eight lethally dosed

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Hill, Nichola J., Elizabeth M. Deane, and Michelle L. Power. "Prevalence and Genetic Characterization of Cryptosporidium Isolates from Common Brushtail Possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) Adapted to Urban Settings." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74, no. 17 (July 18, 2008): 5549–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.00809-08.

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ABSTRACT The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) is one of the most abundant native marsupials in urban Australia, having successfully adapted to utilize anthropogenic resources. The habituation of possums to food and shelter available in human settlements has facilitated interaction with people, pets, and zoo animals, increasing the potential for transmission of zoonotic Cryptosporidium pathogens. This study sought to examine the identity and prevalence of Cryptosporidium species occurring in possums adapted to urban settings compared to possums inhabiting remote woodlands far fro

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Ball, Stephen J., David Ramsey, Graham Nugent, Bruce Warburton, and Murray Efford. "A method for estimating wildlife detection probabilities in relation to home-range use: insights from a field study on the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)." Wildlife Research 32, no. 3 (2005): 217. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr03125.

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Using field data from brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), we present a method for modelling wildlife detection probabilities. Whereas detection functions typically (e.g. for distance sampling) describe the probability of direct human observations of animal subjects, we adapted this approach for cryptic species where observation depends on animals being caught in traps. Specifically, we characterised the probability of individual brushtail possums being caught by leg-hold traps in an area of farmland and native forest in New Zealand. Detection probability was defined as the per-individua

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Clapperton, BK, and LR Matthews. "Trials of electric fencing for restricting movements of common brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr." Wildlife Research 23, no. 5 (1996): 571. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9960571.

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The responses of common brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula, to a mesh fence with electrified outrigger wires were examined in a series of trials in an outside enclosure. Possums initially had no hesitation in approaching the fence. Their first contact was usually with the lower hot wire(s). Possums responded to shocks by jumping back, rolling, running away, grooming and head-shaking. Responses depended upon the part of the body contacting the fence. No possums climbed over the electrified fence during a total of 50 trials. Over three or four repeated exposures, eight possums successively

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Chand, Ravneel R., Mhairi Nimick, Belinda Cridge, and Rhonda J. Rosengren. "Investigating the Contribution of Major Drug-Metabolising Enzymes to Possum-Specific Fertility Control." International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 11 (May 29, 2023): 9424. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24119424.

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The potential to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of potential oestrogen-based oral contraceptives (fertility control) for possums was investigated by comparing the inhibitory potential of hepatic CYP3A and UGT2B catalytic activity using a selected compound library (CYP450 inhibitor-based compounds) in possums to that of three other species (mouse, avian, and human). The results showed higher CYP3A protein levels in possum liver microsomes compared to other test species (up to a 4-fold difference). Moreover, possum liver microsomes had significantly higher basal p-nitrophenol glucuroni

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Anderson, Hannah, Leonie E. Valentine, Giles E. St J. Hardy, and Patricia A. Fleming. "Relationship between the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) and tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) tree decline in Western Australia." Australian Mammalogy 42, no. 1 (2020): 67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am18019.

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Forest canopy loss due to plant pathogens, insect or abiotic factors significantly alters habitat and resource availability for animals, which has flow-on effects for whole ecosystems. The tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) has been in decline throughout its geographic range; this is likely associated with watertable and salinity changes, although a plant pathogen (Phytophthora multivora) has also been implicated. We examined the relative abundance of common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) across 12 sites (each 0.72 ha) selected on the basis of the health of dominant tuart trees (six ‘

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Isaac, JL. "Possums: The Brushtails, Ringtails and Greater Glider. Anne Kerle. A Review by Joanne L Isaac." Australian Mammalogy 24, no. 2 (2002): 249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am02249.

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DESPITE their almost ubiquitous presence across Australia, contemporary research on the biology, ecology and conservation status of the so-called 'common' possums is scant and inadequate. The majority of possum studies have been a result of the huge research effort in New Zealand to control and eradicate the common brushtail possum, a notorious introduced pest, and have concentrated primarily upon reproductive physiology. The conspicuous lack of ecological data on the larger possums across their native Australian range is particularly disturbing since evidence suggests that a number of these s

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Eason, CT, and SE Jolly. "Anticoagulant Effects of Pindone in the Rabbit and Australian Bushtail Possum." Wildlife Research 20, no. 3 (1993): 371. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9930371.

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The anticoagulant and toxic effect of the rodenticide pindone were compared in the rabbit and the Australian brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula). Six possums and six rabbits were dosed orally with 25mg kg-1 pindone, and another five possums were dosed with 100mg kg-1 pindone. Blood samples were taken before dosing and 6 days after dosing. In rabbits, the mean haematocrit was reduced from 0.41 to 0.14, the one-stage prothrombin time increased from 7.1 to more than 120 s, and activated partial prothrombin time increased from 26.1 to more than 180 s. These parameters were unchanged in the po

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Richardson, K. S., C. Rouco, C. Jewell, N. P. French, B. M. Buddle, and D. M. Tompkins. "Investigating brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) home-range size determinants in a New Zealand native forest." Wildlife Research 44, no. 4 (2017): 316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr16215.

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Context The Australian brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) introduction to New Zealand has exacted a heavy toll on native biodiversity and presented the country with its greatest wildlife reservoir host for bovine tuberculosis (TB). Management efforts to control both possums and TB have been ongoing for decades, and the biology of possums has been studied extensively in Australia and New Zealand over the past 50 years; however, we still do not have a clear understanding of its home-range dynamics. Aims To investigate determinants of home range size by using a uniquely large dataset in th

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Gemmell, R. T. "Breeding Biology of Brushtail Possums Trichosurus vulpecula (Marsupialia, Phalangeridae) in Captivity." Australian Mammalogy 18, no. 1 (1995): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am95001.

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The brushtail possum is a common arboreal marsupial that is well adapted to the Australian urban environment and to rearing in captivity. Data obtained from 100 female possums housed in a semi-captive colony over a 7 year period demonstrate the reproductive capability of this marsupial. The main breeding season is from March to June with a declining number of births occurring from July to October. The possums gave birth to 259 single young and one set of twins. The range of the lactation period was from 177 to 200 days with the birth of the subsequent young occurring at 188.4 ± 4.1 days post p

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O'Keefe, J. S., W. L. Stanislawek, and D. D. Heath. "Pathological studies of wobbly possum disease in New Zealand brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)." Veterinary Record 141, no. 9 (August 30, 1997): 226–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.141.9.226.

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Day, Ashleigh M. "Performance, Possums, and Photo-Ops, Too: Marginalizing Binaries at the Wausau Possum Festival." Western Journal of Communication 82, no. 5 (January 5, 2018): 595–612. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2017.1416489.

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Hermsen, Eden, Anne Kerle, and Julie M. Old. "Diet of an inland population of the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)." Australian Mammalogy 38, no. 1 (2016): 130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am15008.

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Populations of the common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) in inland New South Wales have declined or disappeared. Habitat requirements and diet of these populations are poorly understood. Determining the diet of inland ringtail possums is crucial to understanding the factors limiting their survival, and was the focus of this study. Spotlighting surveys were conducted to locate ringtail possums, and scat and vegetation samples were collected for microhistological analysis. Ringtail possums were most frequently observed in red stringybark followed by bundy box and black cypress pine t

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Dix, ID, SE Jolly, LS Bufton, and AI Gardiner. "The potential of electric shock for humane trapping of brushtail possums, Trichosurus vulpecula." Wildlife Research 21, no. 1 (1994): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr9940049.

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The Australian brushtail possum is a major pest in New Zealand, and a device to kill possums in the wild by electric shock has been proposed. This investigation was to determine the best waveform and energy level for an electric device to humanely kill possums. The criterion set was a shock which would cause ventricular fibrillation and result in irreversible unconsciousness within a few minutes. Anaesthetised possums were shocked with sinusoidal alternating currents, direct current bursts and impulse waveforms of varying intensities and durations. An electrocardiogram was used to monitor the

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Cowan, PE. "Possum biocontrol: prospects for fertility regulation." Reproduction, Fertility and Development 8, no. 4 (1996): 655. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rd9960655.

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Research has begun recently into biocontrol of brushtail possums as the only long-term, cost-effective solution to the possum problem in New Zealand, where possums cause significant damage to native forests, threaten populations of native plants and animals, and infect cattle and deer with bovine tuberculosis. Fertility regulation as a means of biocontrol has the support of major animal welfare and conservation groups in New Zealand. Systems are being investigated, mostly in reproduction and development, with the ultimate aim of developing immunologically-based fertility regulation (immunocont

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Moss, Zane N., Cheryl E. O'Connor, and Graham J. Hickling. "Implications of prefeeding for the development of bait aversions in brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)." Wildlife Research 25, no. 2 (1998): 133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr97018.

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Development of aversions, or learned ‘bait-shyness’, in frequently poisoned possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) populations is becoming increasingly detrimental to the efficacy of pest-control operations in New Zealand. This experiment aimed to identify the effects of prefeeding, a common management procedure, on the subsequent development of aversions in possums. Wild possums (n = 96) were captured and acclimatised, then allocated to one of three treatments groups that for seven days received either (i) no prefeed, (ii) plain RS5 cereal baits, or (iii) green-dyed and cinnamon-lured RS5 cereal bait

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Cowan, Phil, and Guy Forrester. "Behavioural responses of brushtail possums to live trapping and implications for trap-catch correction." Wildlife Research 39, no. 4 (2012): 343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr11127.

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Context The behavioural response of animals to repeated trapping has implications for correction of population and monitoring indices that use catch per unit effort. Failure to account for sprung traps introduces biases into estimates of relative abundance. The time when animals get caught in live traps is often ignored, but it can provide important information about temporal movement patterns relevant to this issue. Aims We assessed changes in the behaviour of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), a nocturnal marsupial, in response to repeated trapping and evaluated the potential benefit

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Rouco, C., C. Jewell, K. S. Richardson, N. P. French, B. M. Buddle, and D. M. Tompkins. "Brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) social interactions and their implications for bovine tuberculosis epidemiology." Behaviour 155, no. 7-9 (2018): 621–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-00003512.

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Abstract The brushtail possum is the main reservoir of bovine tuberculosis in New Zealand. Disease prevalence is generally higher in males than in females. This has conventionally been assumed due to greater infection rates of males, but recent work has raised the hypothesis that it may instead be driven by survival differences. With bovine tuberculosis transmission among possums most likely occurring between individuals in close proximity, here we analyse social networks built on data from wild possums collared with contact loggers inhabiting a native New Zealand forest, to investigate whethe

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Pech, R., A. Byrom, D. Anderson, C. Thomson, and M. Coleman. "The effect of poisoned and notional vaccinated buffers on possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) movements: minimising the risk of bovine tuberculosis spread from forest to farmland." Wildlife Research 37, no. 4 (2010): 283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr09161.

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Context. Vaccination of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) has been proposed as a cost-effective alternative to lethal control for preventing potentially bovine tuberculosis (Tb)-infected possums from crossing forested buffer zones that abut farmland. Aim. Evaluation of these two management option requires an estimation of the buffer width required to reduce the risk of disease spread to an acceptable level. Methods. The movements of two groups of adult and subadult possums were monitored for up to 12 months in the Kaimanawa Range, North Island of New Zealand, using GPS technology. One

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Clarke, Paul S. "Allergy to brush‐tailed possums." Medical Journal of Australia 145, no. 11-12 (December 1986): 658–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb139541.x.

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Schwab, I. R. "A tale of two possums." British Journal of Ophthalmology 90, no. 10 (July 26, 2006): 1224. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2006.097675.

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Fink, Lyndsay. "Native Australian Mammals Possums (xiii)." Ballarat Naturalist (1993:May) (May 1993): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/p.384201.

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Dundas, Shannon J., Giles E. St J. Hardy, and Patricia A. Fleming. "The plant pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi influences habitat use by the obligate nectarivore honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus)." Australian Journal of Zoology 64, no. 2 (2016): 122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/zo16019.

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Introduced plant pathogens can devastate susceptible plant communities, and consequently impact on animal communities reliant on plants for food and habitat. Specifically, plant pathogens change the floristic diversity of vegetation communities, thereby reducing availability of food sources for fauna (e.g. pollen and nectar) and result in major changes to habitat structure when canopy and understorey plant species succumb to disease. Phytophthora cinnamomi poses a threat to flowering plant species (e.g. Banksia species) which are important food sources for nectarivorous fauna. The honey possum

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Cameron, Kristie E., Lewis A. Bizo, and Nicola J. Starkey. "A small-N study of body weight during free-feeding in the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)." Perspectives in Animal Health and Welfare 1, no. 1 (December 8, 2022): 19–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.34074/piahw.001103.

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Animals in captivity can develop physiological characteristics such as obesity that could negatively affect their health. In the captive brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), it is unknown what effect long-term free-feeding has on body weight. In this study, which took place over 12 months, three possums were fed according to a free-feeding regime. Food intake was measured daily, and the possums were weighed every four days. The possums all gained weight but showed bouts of stable body weights across the year. Stability was evaluated using mathematical models. It was concluded that long-te

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