Absence of effects from immunocontraception on seasonal birth patterns and foal survival among barrier Island wild horses

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-308

  Kirkpatrick, Jay F ^a   Turner, Allison ^b  

^a Science and Conservation Center   (United States)

^b Assateague Island National Seashore   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORSE; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SWINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES; WILD SPECIES; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRTH RATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; WILD ANIMAL;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRTH RATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; HORSES; MARYLAND; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; POPULATION CONTROL; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE;

EID: 1642373255     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0604_4     Document Type: Article

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