Sampling blood from big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in the field with and without anesthesia: Impacts on survival

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 849-852

  Ellison, Laura E ^a   O'Shea, Thomas J ^a   Wimsatt, Jeffrey ^b   Pearce, Roger D ^c   Neubaum, Daniel J ^c   Neubaum, Melissa A ^c   Bowen, Richard A ^c  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Bats; Blood; Cormack Jolly Seber; Eptesicus fuscus; PIT tags; Survival

Indexed keywords

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 33846912269     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.4.849     Document Type: Article

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