Behavioral response of free-ranging elk treated with an immunocontraceptive vaccine

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 243-250

  Heilmann, Theodore J ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^a,c   Cadwell, Larry L ^b   Tiller, Brett L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Cervus elaphus; Estrus; Immunocontraception; Porcine zona pellucida; PZP; Reproduction; Washington

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BEHAVIOUR; CONTRACEPTION; ELK; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTIVE;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0031944084     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802284     Document Type: Article

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