A comparative assessment of potential conditioned taste aversion agents for vertebrate management

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-240

  Gill, Elaine L ^a   Whiterow, Anne ^a   Cowan, David P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

17 Ethinyl oestradiol; Cinnamamide; Conditioned taste aversion; Rat; Thiabendazole; Vertebrate control

Indexed keywords

FEEDING DETERRENT; PEST CONTROL; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0034599458     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00122-7     Document Type: Article

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