Specificity and success of oral-bait delivery to Eurasian wild boar in Mediterranean woodland habitats

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 749-757

  Ballesteros, Cristina ^a   Vicente, Joaquín ^a   Carrasco García, Ricardo ^a   Mateo, Rafael ^a   de la Fuente, J ^a,b   Gortázar, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait; Bovine tuberculosis; Iophenoxic acid; Vaccine; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79960439724     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0483-9     Document Type: Article

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