Management of Wild Horses by Fertility Control: the Assateague Experience

Kirkpatrick JF. 1995. Management of Wild Horses by Fertility Control: the Assateague Experience. National Park Service Scientific Monograph Series. NPS/NRASIS/NRSM-92/26. National Park Service. Denver, Colorado

Reports on measures at Assateague Island National Seashore to manage the size of feral pony herds by means of fertility control. Includes information on the decision to implement such a program, steroid contraceptive experiments, immunocontraception measures, reasons for success of the project, and implications for future management.

Type

Published Report

Authors

Kirkpatrick, Jay

Date of Issue

1995-09

Publisher

National Park Service

Units

ASIS , CALO

Keywords

Animal Studies, Assateague Island National Seashore, Contraception, Feral Animals, Horses, Immunocontraception, Management, MD, VA

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