Uptake of baits by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes): Implications for rabies contingency planning in Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-346

  Fleming, Peter J S ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VULPES VULPES; CANIDAE;

BAIT; IOPHENOXIC ACID; RABIES; RED FOX;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0030616671     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR95016     Document Type: Article

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