Bait uptake by foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in urban Melbourne: The potential of oral vaccination for rabies control

Wildlife Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 777-787

  Marks, Clive A ^a   Bloomfield, Tim E ^a  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAIT; CANID; DISEASE CONTROL; RABIES; VACCINATION;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0032843672     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR98063     Document Type: Article

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