Registration of wildlife contraceptives in the United States of America, with OvoControl and GonaCon immunocontraceptive vaccines as examples

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 586-592

  Fagerstone, Kathleen A ^a   Miller, Lowell A ^a   Eisemann, John D ^a   O'Hare, Jeanette R ^a   Gionfriddo, James P ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FERAL ORGANISM; FERTILITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INHIBITOR; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; VACCINE; WATERFOWL; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; BRANTA CANADENSIS; COLUMBA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 54349102354     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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