SURVIS: A fully-automated aerial baiting system for the distribution of vaccine baits for wildlife

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 125, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 197-202

  Müller, Thomas ^a   Freuling, Conrad M ^a   Gschwendner, Peter ^b   Holzhofer, Ernst ^c   Mürke, Heinz ^d   Rüdiger, Heiko ^e   Schuster, Peter ^e   Klöß, Detlef ^a   Staubach, Christoph ^a   Teske, Kathrin ^a   Vos, Adriaan ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c Ernst Holzhofer Flugservice   (Germany)

^d FMD Flugdienst Magdeburg GmbH   (Germany)

^e IDT Biologika GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bait distribution; GIS; Rabies; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866156551     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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