A Polyvinyl chloride bait station for dispensing rabies vaccine to raccoons in suburban landscapes

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1206-1211

  Boulanger, Jason R ^a   Bigler, Laura L ^a   Curtis, Paul D ^b   Lein, Donald H ^a   Lembo Jr , Arthur J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait station; New York; Oral rabies vaccination; Procyon lotor; PVC; Rabies; Raccoon; Remote camera; Suburban landscapes

Indexed keywords

BAIT; MAMMAL; RABIES; SUBURBAN AREA; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 33845961806     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1206:APCBSF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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