Progress towards using recombinant myxoma virus as a vector for fertility control in rabbits

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-83

  Robinson, A J ^a   Jackson, R ^a   Kerr, P ^a   Merchant, J ^a   Parer, I ^a   Pech, R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

BIRTH CONTROL; CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; POXVIRUS; RABBIT; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GENETIC VECTORS; MYXOMA VIRUS; PEST CONTROL; RABBITS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POXVIRIDAE;

EID: 0030915666     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R96067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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