Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO

Wildlife Damage Management Group

Our group conducts research, development, and demonstration of technologies to manage and control the wildlife damage problems in agriculture. In particular, we conduct research on techniques to detect harmful animal species or individuals using environmental DNA or stable isotope analysis, techniques to estimate the amount of damage using drones, and countermeasure technologies based on the elucidation of animals' behavior.

We have started to develop techniques to determine the species which ate the crop from remaining saliva on the bite marks by environmental DNA analysis.
The experiment to investigate the sizes of gaps that allow Sika deer to enter.

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