Effectiveness of spayvac® for reducing white-tailed deer fertility

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 726-730

  Locke, Shawn L ^a   Cook, Matthew W ^a   Harveson, Louis A ^b   Davis, Donald S ^a   Lopez, Roel R ^a   Silvy, Nova J ^a   Fraker, Mark A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TerraMar Environmental Research Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertility control; Odocoileus virginianus; Population management; Urban white tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DEER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; POPULATION CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE;

EID: 36448951602     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.4.726     Document Type: Article

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