Secondary phorate poisoning of large carnivores in India

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-194

  Kalaivanan, Nallusamy ^a   Venkataramanan, Ragothaman ^b   Sreekumar, Chirukandoth ^b   Saravanan, Alagarsamy ^c   Srivastava, Rajeev K ^a  

^a Mudumalai Tiger Reserve   (India)

^b MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^c Regional Forensic Science Laboratory   (India)

Author keywords

Leopard; OPC; Phorate; Secondary poisoning; Tiger; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79251554137     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0433-6     Document Type: Article

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