Dear Claire

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Alan Moran
for Director-General

Alan Moran 
Government Services Advisor (Government Services)
Policy and Visitors Group
Department of Conservation–Te Papa Atawhai
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From: Claire Ogilwy <[FYI request #9258 email]>
Sent: Friday, 14 December 2018 7:51 a.m.
To: OIA <[DOC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Toxin Testing

Dear Department of Conservation,

Can you please advise why when you send samples for analysis in connection to 1080 poisoning to Landcare, why do you not ask for bone samples to be tested, fluorinated amino acids, elevated citrate levels, histopathological examination of skeletal muscle?

How do you and Landcare handle the samples. What testing method is used. What do they consider to be the threshold and is fluorocitrate included (which is the lethal synthesis of fluoroacetate). What evidence do you have of comparative studies - frozen vs fresh samples.

Why do you not record time between death and testing?

Thank you,

Claire Ogilwy

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Good afternoon Ms Ogilwy, please find a reply to your 14 December OIA
request.

 

 

Kind regards

 

Matt Barnett

Director Threats, Biodiversity (Acting)

 

 

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