Efficiency and safety of xylazine and tiletamine/zolazepam to immobilize captured wild boars (Sus scrofa L. 1758): Analysis of field results

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-274

  Fenati, Massimo ^a   Monaco, Andrea ^a   Guberti, Vittorio ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capture mortality; Logistic regression; Tiletamine zolazepam; Xylazine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 42449091477     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-007-0140-0     Document Type: Article

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