Management of raccoon roundworm in free-ranging raccoon populations via anthelmintic baiting

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1372-1379

  Smyser, Timothy J ^a   Page, L Kristen ^b   Johnson, Scott A ^c   Hudson, Cassie M ^c   Kellner, Kenneth F ^a   Swihart, Robert K ^a   Rhodes, Olin E ^a,d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

baiting; Baylisascaris procyonis; Didelphis virginiana; disease mitigation; Procyon lotor; raccoon; raccoon roundworm; remote camera; Virginia opossum

Indexed keywords

BAIT; DISEASE; HABITAT; HABITUATION; MITIGATION; MORTALITY; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIMATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; NEMATODA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA MAGISTER; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 84883461446     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.585     Document Type: Article

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