Prevalence of 'head shooting' and the characteristics of the wounds in culled wild Scottish red deer

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 75-79

  Urquhart, K A ^a   McKendrick, I J ^b  

^a Thistle Veterinary Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; CARCASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; LEG INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RED DEER; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WILD TYPE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 33746396459     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.3.75     Document Type: Article

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