Response of captive skunks to microencapsulated tetracycline

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1024-1028

  Schmit, Brandon S ^a   Primus, Thomas M ^a   Hurley, Jerome C ^a   Kohler, Dennis J ^a   Graves, Shawna F ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coated sachet; Mephitis mephitis; Oral rabies vaccination; Pen study; Striped skunk; Tetracycline biomarker

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS;

EID: 78149254652     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.3.1024     Document Type: Article

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