Potential use of myxoma virus and rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus to control feral rabbits in the Kerguelen Archipelago

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 415-420

  Cooke, B D ^a   Chapuis, J L ^b   Magnet, V ^b   Lucas, A ^b   Kovaliski, J ^c  

^a Fundacion Charles Darwin   (Ecuador)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Government of South Australia Department of Water Land and Biodiversity Conservation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNITY; LAGOMORPH; PEST CONTROL; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; VIRAL DISEASE;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPTOPSYLLIDAE; MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 4644231406     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR03084     Document Type: Article

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