Category: 2015 – Volume 4 – Issue 1

Original Research

Farmer Perceptions of Hay Yard Barrier Fence Effectiveness in Mitigating Bovine Tuberculosis Transmission Risk among Elk (Cervus canadensis), White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virgianus), and Cattle (Bos taurus)

Ryan K. BROOK
CWBM 4 (1) : 18 – 30

Wildlife diseases such as bovine tuberculosis (TB) can be transmitted among wildlife directly through contact or indirectly via shared feeds; moreover diseases such as TB can also be transmitted between livestock and wildlife.

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Wildlife Management Techniques

Humaneness and Selectivity of Killing Neck Snares Used to Capture Canids in Canada: A Review

Gilbert PROULX, Dwight RODTKA, Morley W. BARRETT, Marc CATTET, Dick DEKKER, Erin MOFFATT, Roger A. POWELL
CWBM 4 (1) : 55 – 65

Although killing neck snares are used on traplines in Canada to capture gray wolves (Canis lupus), coyotes (C. latrans), and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), they are not subject to trap performance criteria set out in the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS).

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Natural History

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Point to Ponder

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