Immunocontraception in male feral swine treated with a recombinant gonadotropin-releasing hormone vaccine

Journal of Swine Health and Production

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 118-124

  Campbell, Tyler A ^a   Garcia, Michelle R ^a   Miller, Lowell A ^b   Ramirez, Martha A ^a   Long, David B ^a   Marchand, Jean Baptiste ^c,d   Hill, Fergal ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Imaxio SA   (France)

^d TRANSGENE S A   (France)

Author keywords

Feral; Fertility control; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Immunocontraception; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 77952909957     PISSN: 1537209X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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