Flies
Unusual Pest Challenges (Flies)
Much of our work is run-of-the-mill, but how do we go about solving those problem jobs that crop up occasionally. Developing a procedure to solve unusual challenges will become even more important with the focus of training changing from the knowledge and understanding of pests to being able to show competency in management of only the most common pests.
Cockroaches
Cockroaches are primitive winged insects. They are relatively unchanged from fossils that date back 350 million years. Fossil records also show their close relationship with the more recently evolved termites.
Ticks in Australia
Lyme Disease in Australia
Presently there are no official statistics on the number of people suffering from Borreliosis (Lyme Disease) in Australia. There was a Lyme/Lyme-like disease which was reported from a sufferer in the Newcastle region of NSW back in 1982. There are lots of debates on the existence of Lyme Disease in Australia and here at Garrards we believe it is best to be proactive rather than reactive.
Bird Virus Stops Pigeon Shows and Racing in Victoria in 2011
A new paramyxovirus (PMV1) not previously reported in Australia was detected in ‘fancy’ pigeons in mid-August 2011 and in racing pigeons in mid-September in the Goulburn Valley and a number of suburbs across Melbourne. The virus was identified as PMV1 in late August. Pigeon shows, exhibitions, markets, sales, auctions and racing were banned in Victoria from 28th September for 90 days. Racing and shows observed a voluntary ban in South Australia. The disease spreads mainly by the movement of infected birds.