Can fastidiousness kill the cat? The potential for target-specific poisoning of feral cats through oral grooming

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-233

  Read, John L ^a  

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EID: 78649689055     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2010.00558.x     Document Type: Note

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