Long-term effects of immunocontraception on wild boar fertility, physiology and behaviour

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 378-385

  Massei, Giovanna ^a   Cowan, Dave P ^a   Coats, Julia ^a   Bellamy, Fiona ^a   Quy, Roger ^a   Pietravalle, Stéphane ^a   Brash, Matthew ^b   Miller, Lowell A ^c  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARKVETS   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FERTILITY; HEMATOLOGY; HORMONE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; LONGEVITY; MONITORING; PARASITIC DISEASE; PIG; POPULATION GROWTH; VACCINATION; WILD POPULATION;

MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84863506827     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11196     Document Type: Article

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