Nonsurgical fertility control for managing free-roaming dog populations: A review of products and criteria for field applications

Theriogenology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 829-838

  Massei, Giovanna ^a   Miller, Lowell A ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Dog population management; Fertility inhibitors; GnRH agonists; Immunocontraception; Sterilants

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTERILANT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CONTRACEPTION; DOG; DOG POPULATION MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY INHIBITORS; GNRH AGONISTS; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; STERILANTS;

CONTRACEPTION; DOG POPULATION MANAGEMENT; FERTILITY INHIBITORS; GNRH AGONISTS; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; STERILANTS;

ANIMALS; CHEMOSTERILANTS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE;

EID: 84884373600     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.07.016     Document Type: Review

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