Does contraceptive treatment in wildlife result in side effects? A review of quantitative and anecdotal evidence

Reproduction

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-55

  Gray, Meeghan E ^a   Cameron, Elissa Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOME RANGE; MALE; MATING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASON; SPECIES; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE;

EID: 75149193164     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0456     Document Type: Review

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