The Attractiveness of a Liquid Bait to White-Tailed Deer in the Central Appalachian Mountains, Virginia, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 395-398

  Hakim, S ^a   McShea, W J ^a   Mason, J R ^b  

^a Natl Zoological Pk Conserv R   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractant; Bait; Flavor; Odocoileus virginianus; Olfaction; Taste; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; MALUS X DOMESTICA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DEER; FEMALE; MALE; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0030117042     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.395     Document Type: Article

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