Possum biocontrol: Prospects for fertility regulation

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 655-660

  Cowan, P E ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Immunocontraception; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL WELFARE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIRTH CONTROL; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POLICY;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0029802202     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9960655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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