A new flavor-coated sachet bait for delivering oral rabies vaccine to raccoons and coyotes

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 363-377

  Linhart, Samuel B ^a   Wlodkowski, John C ^b   Kavanaugh, Darrell M ^a   Motes Kreimeyer, Laurie ^b   Montoney, Andrew J ^c   Chipman, Richard B ^c   Slate, Dennis ^c   Bigler, Laura L ^d   Fearneyhough, Malcomb G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Baits; Canis latrans; Coyote; Oral vaccination; Procyon lotor; Rabies; Raccoon

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; CRUSTACEA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

RABIES VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RABIES; RACCOON; SEASON; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; GEORGIA; NEW YORK; OHIO; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; RACCOONS; SEASONS; TEXAS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0036545477     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.2.363     Document Type: Article

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