La Tour du Valat

Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Effects of a GnRH vaccine on the movement and activity of free-living wild boar (Sus scrofa)
Auteurs :	Roger J. Quy, Auteur ; Giovanna Massei, Auteur ; Mark S. Lambert, Auteur ; Julia Coats, Auteur ; Lowell A. Miller, Auteur ; David P. Cowan, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Wildlife Research (41(3) 2014)
Article en page(s) :	185-193
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Context. Fertility control is being promoted as a non-lethal means of managing wildlife populations. We recently evaluated a single-dose injectable immunocontraceptive vaccine (GonaCon (TM)) on captive female wild boar for effectiveness and potential side effects; reproductive output was inhibited for 4-6 years, with no obvious detrimental effects on physiology and behaviour. Aims. Weinjected individual free-living wild boar individuals with the fertility-control vaccineGonaCon (TM) to examine its effectiveness (measured as raised levels of GnRH antibodies) and looked for potential changes in movement and activity patterns. Methods. We trapped, fitted telemetry devices to, and released wild boar individuals living in woodland in the West Midlands region of England between 2006 and 2010. Wecompared data on movements and activity among

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