Oral vaccination against raccoon rabies: Landscape heterogeneity and timing of distribution influence wildlife contact rates with the ONRAB vaccine bait

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 593-602

  Boyer, Jean Philippe ^a   Canac Marquis, Pierre ^b   Guérin, Daniel ^b   Mainguy, Julien ^b   Pelletier, Fanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial distribution; Baits; Mephitis mephitis; ONRAB; ORV; Procyon lotor; Raccoon rabies variant; Striped skunk

Indexed keywords

MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 79960213294     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.593     Document Type: Article

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