Mouse numbers on the rise, farmers told to be on alert | ABC NEWS
Scientists are urging farmers to look out for mice this harvest season as the threat of a pest population boom looms.
The latest round of trapping by the CSIRO has revealed much higher than usual numbers of pregnant females in key cropping zones in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.
Large numbers have been recorded in the Adelaide Plains and Wimmera regions and concern is increasing about population numbers on the Yorke and Eyre peninsulas.
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