Attitudes of New Zealand farmers to methods used to control wild rabbits

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 171-194

  Henning, J ^a,b   Heuer, C ^a   Davies, P R ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Multistage sampling; Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus; Survey design

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 14144250187     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2004.10.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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