Pests, weeds & diseases

Pests, weeds and diseases pose a serious risk for primary producers as they can impact on market access and agricultural production.

To reduce the impact of pests, weeds and diseases, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development:

  • works with landholders, grower groups, community groups and biosecurity groups.
  • provides diagnostic services and information on prevention, management and treatment.
  • provides biosecurity and quarantine measures to prevent introduction, and to eradicate or manage current pests.

For advice on pests, weeds and diseases search our website, the Western Australian Organism List or contact our Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS).

For diagnostic services, please contact our Diagnostic Laboratory Services.

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Articles

  • 1080 and strychnine bait products

    25 March 2014

    Under the BAM Act, landholders - landowners and occupiers - are responsible for the control of foxes, wild dogs, feral pigs, rabbits and emus on their properties.

  • Injecting meat baits with 1080 poison

    1080 landholder information

    13 December 2013

    This article contains the booklet '1080 landholder information' and provides a general summary of a landholder’s obligations under the code of practice for the saf

  • A fox sitting next to the body of a dead lamb

    Fox control

    11 December 2013

    Foxes can cause significant losses to some agricultural producers. They also prey on many native animals. The best option is to control foxes before they become a problem.

  • Injecting meat baits with 1080 poison

    Bait and poison directory for vertebrate pests in Western Australia

    6 September 2013

    The Bait and poison directory for vertebrate pests in Western Australia provides a starting point for landholders, pastoralists, retailers, manufacturers and/or wholesalers who want to supply or us

  • Wild dog in the bush

    The use of 1080 in wild dog control

    24 March 2014

    Most bait products registered for use on wild dogs in Western Australia use sodium fluoroacetate (1080) as their active ingredient. Landholders have certain obligations under the code of practice f

  • DAFWA staf installing lapwire onto the bottom of the existing State Barrier Fence by pulling a roller with lapwire attached

    State Barrier Fence R4R projects

    11 December 2013

    Big improvements in wild dog management and agricultural pest animal control resulted from funding through the WA Government's Royalties for Regions program.

  • Rabbit grazing

    Rabbit control: fumigation

    31 January 2014

    This article provides information on using fumigation for rabbit control.

  • A rabbit in a cage on the ground with Department of Agriculture employee looking into the cage

    Rabbit control options

    6 December 2013

    Landholders planning to grow broadacre, horticulture or tree crops or to preserve native vegetation need to control rabbits first. This article provides information about options for rabbit control

  • Rabbit grazing

    Rabbit control: 1080 versus pindone

    27 September 2013

    There are two toxins available for controlling pest rabbits in Western Australia: 1080 and pindone.

  • Red fox

    Fox 1080 baiting

    28 January 2014

    This article gives instructions for using poison baits and outlines other ways of maximising the number of baits taken by foxes.

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