Management of African elephant populations by immunocontraception

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-21

  Fayrer Hosken, Richard A ^a   Brooks, Paula ^a   Bertschinger, Henk J ^b   Kirkpatrick, Jay F ^c   Turner, John W ^d   Liu, Irwin K M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c ZooMontana   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

elephant; immunocontraception; population control; sperm zona receptor; zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030926305     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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