Tooth extraction is not an acceptable technique to age live ungulates

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 282-283

  Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a   Blanchard, Pierrick ^a   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Hewison, A J Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Bite size; Ethics; Tooth extraction; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; TOOTH; UNGULATE;

EID: 0036099960     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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