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1080 cereal bait pellets

Blue gloved hand holding green 1080 cereal bait pellets.

Cereal baits are designed to be attractive to pest species but not to non-target species. There is about 1.5 g of 1080 poison in 1 kg of bait (0.15%).

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Rights: Herb Christophers, Department of Conservation, CC BY 4.0
Published: 23 November 2018Size: 100.82 KB
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