Developments with immunocontraceptives for elephants
Only the summary of the presentation and the following discussion are published. Outlines the ongoing study to prove the effectiveness of a immunocontraceptive vaccine for elephant and to run a five year trial of using Kruger Park cows, which can be radio collared and monitored, before implementing...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IUCN
1996-12-01
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| Series: | Pachyderm |
| Online Access: | https://pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachyderm/article/view/876 |
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| Summary: | Only the summary of the presentation and the following discussion are published. Outlines the ongoing study to prove the effectiveness of a immunocontraceptive vaccine for elephant and to run a five year trial of using Kruger Park cows, which can be radio collared and monitored, before implementing it on a wider scale. Sterilization and the fact that immunocontaception destroys the ovarian tissues in some species or leads to cancer in others is noted
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| ISSN: | 1026-2881 1683-5018 |