The boar-operated-system: A novel method to deliver baits to wild pigs

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 333-336

  Massei, Giovanna ^a   Coats, Julia ^a   Quy, Roger ^a   Storer, Kate ^a   Cowan, Dave P ^a  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baits; Delivery systems; Feral pigs; Nontarget species; Sus scrofa; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

BAIT; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DISEASE CONTROL; PIG; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 76349090713     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-489     Document Type: Article

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