Significantly more (54%, P=0.003) placebo baits placed under 26 bird feeders in Arizona, US were removed by striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) than at paired, nonfeeder locations (19%). Baiting at bird feeders could supplement traditional oral rabies vaccine bait placement in urban-suburban areas while engaging the public in rabies control efforts.
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1 April 2017
Bird Feeders as Locations for Skunk Uptake of Oral Rabies Vaccine Baits
Tad Theimer,
Tisheena Talk,
Shylo Johnson,
David L. Bergman
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 53 • No. 2
April 2017
Vol. 53 • No. 2
April 2017