Disappearance rate of praziquantel-containing bait around villages and small towns in Southern Bavaria, Germany

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 373-380

  Janko, Christof ^a   König, Andreas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bait; Disappearance rate; Echinococcus multilocularis; Red fox; Urban wildlife; Vulpes vulpes; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 79953660916     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.2.373     Document Type: Article

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