Efficacy of GnRH immunocontraception of wild white-tailed deer in New Jersey

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 142-148

  Gionfriddo, James P ^a   Denicola, Anthony J ^b   Miller, Lowell A ^a   Fagerstone, Kathleen A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b White Buffalo Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Infertility; Odocoileus virginianus; Overabundance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEER; HORMONE; HUNTING; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; INFERTILITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; VACCINATION; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84856250465     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.32     Document Type: Article

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