National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC)

Publications

2012

Blackwell, B. F., T. W. Seamans, L. A. Tyson, J. L. Belant, and K. C. VerCauteren. 2012. Exploiting antipredator behavior in white-tailed deer for resource protection. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:546-553.

Hildreth, A.M., S.E. Hygnstrom, E.E. Blankenship, and K.C. Vercauteren. 2012. Use of partially fenced fields to reduce deer damage to corn. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36(1): 199-203.

Lavelle M.J., Hygnstrom S.E., Hildreth A.M., Campbell T.A., Long D.B., Hewitt D.G., Beringer J. and K.C. VerCauteren. 2012. Utility of improvised video-camera collars for collecting contact data from white-tailed deer: Possibilities in disease transmission studies. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36(4):828–834. DOI: 10.1002/wsb.216.

Nichols, T.A., T.R. Spraker, T. Gidlewski, J.G. Powers, G.C. Telling, K.C. VerCauteren, and M.D. Zabel. 2012. Detection of prion protein in the cerebrospinal fluid of elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) with chronic wasting disease using protein misfolding cyclic amplification. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 24 (4): 746-749.

Peled, N., R. Ionescu, P. Nol, O. Barash, M. McCollum, K. Vercauteren, M. Koslow, R. Stahl, J. Rhyan, and H. Haick. 2012. Detection of volatile organic compounds in cattle naturally infected with Mycobacterium bovis. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical 171-172: 588-594.

Pfost, M., and K. VerCauteren.  2012.  Invasive species: the high cost of indifference.  The Wildlife Professional.  Summer 2012 6:7

Phillips, G. E., M. J. Lavelle, J. W. Fischer, J. J. White, S. J. Wells, and K. C. Vercauteren. 2012. A novel bipolar electric fence for excluding white-tailed deer from stored livestock feed. Journal of Animal Science 90: 4090-4097.

Robinson, S., R. Walrath, T. VanDeelen, and K. VerCauteren.  2012.  Genetic measures confirm familial relationships and strengthen study design.  The Wildlife Society Bulletin 36(3):609-614; DOI: 10.1002/wsb.154.

Thomas, J.F., R.M. Engeman, E.A. Tillman, J.W. Fischer, S.L. Orzell, D.H. Glueck, R.K. Felix, and M.L. Avery. 2012. Optimizing line intercept sampling and estimation for feral swine damage levels in ecologically sensitive wetland plant communities. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-8. DOI 10.1007/s11356-012-1004-z.

Vercauteren, K.C., Anderson, C.W., Van Deelen, T.R., Drake, D., Walter, W.D., S.M. Vantassel, and S.E. Hygnstrom. 2012. Regulated commercial harvest to manage overabundant White-tailed deer: an idea to consider? Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference 25: 322-323.

Vercauteren, K. C., R. A. Dolbeer, and E. M. Gese. 2012. Identification and management of wildlife damage. In  N. J. Silvy ,editor. The wildlife techniques manual. 2 vols. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland: 232-269.

Vercauteren, K. C., M. J. Lavelle, T. M. Gehring, and J.-M. Landry. 2012. Cow dogs: Use of livestock protection dogs for reducing predation and transmission of pathogens from wildlife to cattle. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 140:128-136.

Vercauteren K.C., Pilon J.L., Nash P.B., Phillips G.E., Fischer J.W. 2012. Prion remains infectious after passage through digestive system of American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos). PLoS ONE 7:e45774. DOI: 10.1371 journal.pone.0045774.

Walrath, R., T. R. VanDeelen, and K. C. VerCauteren.  2012.  Efficacy of proximity loggers for detection of contacts between maternal pairs of white-tailed deer.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:452-460.

Walter, W. D., C. W. Anderson, and K. C. Vercauteren. 2012. Evaluation of remote delivery of passive integrated transponder (PIT) technology to mark large mammals.PLoS ONE 7:e44838.

Walter, W. D., C. W. Anderson, R. Smith, M. Vanderklok, J. J. Averill, and K. C. Vercauteren. 2012. On-farm mitigation of transmission of tuberculosis from white-tailed deer to cattle: literature review and recommendations. Vet Med Int 2012:616318.

Walter, W.D., J.W. Fischer, J.S. Humphrey, T.S. Daughtery, M.P. Milleson, E.A. Tillman, and M.L. Avery. 2012. Using three-dimensional flight patterns at airfields to identify hotspots for avian-aircraft collisions. Applied Geography 35:53-59.

Walter, D., M. Lavelle, J. Fischer, T. Johnson, S. Hygnstrom, and K. VerCauteren.  Management of damage by elk in North America: a review.  Proceedings of the Wildlife Damage Management Conference 14: 147. 

Wyckoff, A. C., S. E. Henke, T. A. Campbell, D. G. Hewitt, and K. C. VerCauteren. 2012. Movement and habitat use of feral swine near domestic swine facilities. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:130-138. 2012. Movement and habitat use of feral swine near domestic swine facilities. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:130-138.

2011

11-ATWOOD, T. C., T. L. FRY, AND B. R. LELAND. 2011. Partitioning of anthropogenic watering sites by desert carnivores. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1609-1615.

11-BERENTSEN, A. R., M. R. DUNBAR, S. R. JOHNSON, S. ROBBE-AUSTERMAN, L. MARTINEZ, AND R. L. JONES. 2011. Active use of coyotes (Canis latrans) to detect bovine tuberculosis in northeastern Michigan, USA. Veterinary Microbiology 151:126-132.

11-CAMPBELL, T. A., D. B. LONG, L. R. BAZAN, B. V. THOMSEN, S. ROBBE-AUSTERMAN, R. B. DAVEY, L. A. SOLIZ, S. R. SWAFFORD, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2011. Absence of Mycobacterium bovis in feral swine (Sus scrofa) from the southern Texas border region. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 47:974-978.

11-CAMPBELL, T. A., K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2011. Diseases and parasites. Pages 219-249 in  D. G. Hewitt ,editor. Biology and management of white-tailed deer. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

11-CLEMENTS, G. M., S. E. HYGNSTROM, J. M. GILSDORF, D. M. BAASCH, M. J. CLEMENTS, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2011. Movements of white-tailed deeer in riparian habitat: implications for infectious diseases. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1436-1442.

11-FISCHER, J. W., G. E. PHILLIPS, D. M. BAASCH, M. J. LAVELLE, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2011. Modifying elk (Cervus elaphus) behavior with electric fencing at established fence-lines to reduce disease transmission potential. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:9-14.

11-GEHRING, T. M., K. C. VERCAUTEREN, AND A. C. CELLAR. 2011. Good fences make good neighbors: implementation of electric fencing for establishing effective livestock-protection dogs. Human-Wildlife Interactions 5:106-111.

11-HILDRETH, A. M., S. E. HYGNSTROM, K. M. HAMS, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2011. The Nebraska deer exchange: a novel program for donating harvested deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:195-200.

11-HYGNSTROM, S. E., G. W. GARABRANDT, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2011. Fifteen years of urban deer management: the Fontenelle Forest experiment. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:126-136.

11-HYGNSTROM, S. E., K. C. VERCAUTEREN, S. R. GROEPPER, G. W. GARABRANDT, AND J. A. GUBANYI. 2011. Effects of seasons and hunting on space use by female white-tailed deer in a developed landscape in southeastern Nebraska. Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:220-226.

11-LAVELLE, M. J., K. C. VERCAUTEREN, T. J. HEFLEY, G. E. PHILLIPS, S. E. HYGNSTROM, D. B. LONG, J. W. FISCHER, S. R. SWAFFORD, AND T. A. CAMPBELL. 2011. Evaluation of fences for containing feral swine under simulated depopulation conditions. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:1200-1208.

11-VERCAUTEREN, K. C., C. W. ANDERSON, T. R. VAN DEELEN, D. DRAKE, W. D. WALTER, S. M. VANTASSEL, AND S. E. HYGNSTROM. 2011. Regulated commercial harvest to manage overabundant white-tailed deer: an idea to consider? Wildlife Society Bulletin 35:185-194.

11-VERCAUTEREN, K. C., S. E. HYGNSTROM. 2011. Managing white-tailed deer: Midwest North America. Pages 501-535 in  D. G. Hewitt ,editor. Biology and management of white-tailed deer. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

11-WALTER, W. D., J. BERINGER, L. P. HANSEN, J. W. FISCHER, J. J. MILLSPAUGH, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2011. Factors affecting space use overlap by white-tailed deer in an urban landscape. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 25:379-392.

11-WALTER, W. D., J. W. FISCHER, S. BARUCH-MORDO, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2011. What is the proper method to delineate home range of an animal using today's advanced telemetry systems: the initial step. Pages 249-268 in  O. Krejcar ,editor. Modern Telemetry. InTech Open Access Publisher (http://www.intechopen.com/books/show/title/modern-telemetry)

2010

10-BAASCH, D. M., J. W. FISCHER, S. E. HYGNSTROM, K. C. VERCAUTEREN, A. J. TYRE, J. J. MILLSPAUGH, J. W. MERCHANT, AND J. D. VOLESKY. 2010. Resource selection by elk in an agro-forested landscape of northwestern Nebraska. Environmental Management 46:725-737. 531K

10-BAASCH, D. M., A. J. TYRE, J. J. MILLSPAUGH, S. E. HYGNSTROM, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2010. An evaluation of three statistical methods used to model resource selection. Ecological Modelling 221:565-574. 802K

10-BERENTSEN, A. R., M. R. DUNBAR, AND C. E. FITZPATRICK. 2010. Raccoon rabies research using remote download GPS collars in an urban environment. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference 24:319-321. 4,510K

10-BERENTSEN, A. R., M. R. DUNBAR, D. R. MARKS, AND S. ROBBE-AUSTERMAN. 2010. Evaluation of potential shedding of Mycobacterium bovis in free-ranging raccoons. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference 24:312-314. 287K

10-BERENTSEN, A. R., M. R. DUNBAR, AND R. MISIEWICZ. 2010. PVC curtains to prevent deer access to stored feed: a pilot study. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference 24:315-318. 4,327K

10-GEHRING, T. M., K. C. VERCAUTEREN, AND J.-M. LANDRY. 2010. Livestock protection dogs in the 21st century: is an ancient tool relevant to modern conservation challenges? BioScience 60:299-308. 412K

10-GEHRING, T. M., K. C. VERCAUTEREN, M. L. PROVOST, AND A. C. CELLAR. 2010. Utility of livestock-protection dogs for deterring wildlife from cattle farms. Wildlife Research 37:715-721. 199K

10-LAVELLE, M. J., J. W. FISCHER, S. E. HYGNSTROM, J. J. WHITE, A. M. HILDRETH, G. E. PHILLIPS, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2010. Response of deer to containment by a poly-mesh fence for mitigating disease outbreaks. Journal of Wildlife Management 74:1620-1625. 591K

10-MALCOLM, K. D., T. R. VAN DEELEN, D. DRAKE, D. J. KESLER, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2010. Contraceptive efficacy of a novel intrauterine device (IUD) in white-tailed deer. Animal Reproduction Science 117:261-265. 198K

10-NOL, P., C. KATO, W. K. REEVES, J. RHYAN, T. SPRAKER, T. GIDLEWSKI, K. C. VERCAUTEREN, AND M. SALMAN. 2010. Epizootic hemorrhagic disease outbreak in a captive facility housing white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), bison (Bison bison), Elk (Cervus elaphus), cattle (Bos taurus ), and Goats (Capra hircus) in Colorado, USA. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 41:510-515. 139K

10-VERCAUTEREN, K. C., T. R. VAN DEELEN, B. R. LELAND, AND W. H. HALL. 2010. Assessment of abilities of white-tailed deer to jump fences. Journal of Wildlife Management 74:1378-1381.

10-WALTER, W. D., M. J. LAVELLE, J. W. FISCHER, T. L. JOHNSON, S. E. HYGNSTROM, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2010. Management of damage by elk (Cervus elaphus) in North America a review. Wildlife Research 37:630-646 319K

10-WHITE, S. N., K. I. O'ROURKE, T. GIDLEWSKI, K. C. VERCAUTEREN, M. R. MOUSEL, G. E. PHILLIPS, AND T. R. SPRAKER. 2010. Increased risk of chronic wasting disease in Rocky Mountain elk associated with decreased magnesium and increased manganese in brain tissue. Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research 74:50-53. 478K

2009

09-2 ATWOOD, T. C., T. J. DELIBERTO, H. J. SMITH, J. S. STEVENSON, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2009. Spatial ecology of raccoons related to cattle and bovine tuberculosis in northeastern Michigan. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:647-654.

09-FROST, C. J., S. E. HYGNSTROM, A. J. TYRE, K. M. ESKRIDGE, D. M. BAASCH, J. R. BONER, G. M. CLEMENTS, J. M. GILSDORF, T. C. KINSELL, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2009. Probabilistic movement model with emigration simulates movements of deer in Nebraska, 1990-2006. Ecological Modelling 220:2481-2490. 1,113K

09-HYGNSTROM, S. E., S. J. JOSIAH, P. D. SKELTON, J. A. GILSDORF, D. R. VIRCHOW, J. A. BRANDLE, A. K. JAYAPRAKASH, K. M. ESKRIDGE, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2008. White-tailed deer browsing and rubbing preferences for trees and shrubs that produce non-timber forest products. HortTechnology 19:111-118. 194K

09- MOLL, R. J., J. J. MILLSPAUGH, J. BERINGER, J. SARTWELL, R. J. WOODS, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2009. Physiological stress response of captive white-tailed deer to video collars. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:609-614. 388K

09-MURPHY, R. G. L., J. A. SCANGA, B. E. POWERS, J. L. PILON, K. C. VERCAUTEREN, P. B. NASH, G. C. SMITH, AND K. E. BELK. 2009. Alkaline hydrolysis of mouse-adapted scrapie for inactivation and disposal of prion-positive material. Journal of Animal Science 87:1787-1793. 790K

09-NICHOLS, T. A., B. PULFORD, A. C. WYCKOFF, C. MEYERETT, B. MICHEL, K. GERTIG, E. A. HOOVER, J. E. JEWELL, G. C. TELLING, AND M. D. ZABEL. 2009. Detection of protease-resistant cervid prion protein in water from a CWD-endemic area. Prion 3:1-13. 2MB

09-PILON, J. L., P. B. NASH, T. ARVER, D. HOGLUND, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2009. Feasibility of infectious prion digestion using mild conditions and commercial subtilisin. Journal of Virological Methods 161:168-172. 293K

09-SPRAKER, T. R., K. C. VERCAUTEREN, T. L. GIDLEWSKI, R. D. MUNGER, W. D. WALTR, AND A. BALACHANDRAN. 2009. Impact of age and sex of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) on follicle counts from rectal mucosal biopsies for preclinical detection of chronic wasting disease. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 21:868-870. 139K

09-SPRAKER, T. R., K. C. VERCAUTEREN, T. GIDLEWSKI, D. A. SCHNEIDER, R. MUNGER, A. BALACHANDRAN, AND K. I. O'ROURKE. 2009. Antemortem detection of Prp^CWD in preclinical, ranch-raised Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) by biopsy of the rectal mucosa. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 21:15-24. 1,689K

09-VERCAUTEREN, K. C., N. W. SEWARD, M. J. LAVELLE, J. W. FISCHER, AND G. E. PHILLIPS. 2009. Deer guards and bump gates for excluding white-tailed deer from fenced resources. Human-Wildlife Conflicts 3:145-153. 2,345K

09-WALTER, W. D., K. C. VERCAUTEREN, J. M. GILSDORF, AND S. E. HYGNSTROM. 2009. Crop, native vegetation, and biofuels: response of white-tailed deer to changing management priorities. Journal of Wildlife Management 73:339-344. 195K

09-WALTER, W. D., K. C. VERCAUTEREN, H. CAMPA III, W. R. CLARK, J. W. FISCHER, S. E. HYGNSTROM, N. E. MATHEWS, C. K. NIELSEN, E. M. SCHAUBER, T. R. VAN DEELEN, AND S. R. WINTERSTEIN. 2009. Regional assessment on influence of landscape configuration and connectivity on range size of white-tailed deer. Landscape Ecology 24. 665K

2008

08-8 BERENTSEN, A. R., M. R. DUNBAR, R. EBERSOL, AND R. G. MCLEAN. 2008. Risks associated with the transmission of bovine tuberculosis from white-tailed deer to cattle in Michigan: current research. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference 23:277-279. 1,399K

08-FRICKE, K. A., M. A. COVER, S. E. HYGNSTROM, H. H. GENOWAYS, S. R. GROEPPER, K. M. HAMS, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2008. Historic and recent distributions of elk in Nebraska. Great Plains Research 18:189-204. 1,673K

08-GUBANYI, J. A., J. A. SAVIDGE, S. E. HYGNSTROM, K. C. VERCAUTEREN, G. W. GARABRANDT, AND S. P. KORTE. 2008. Deer impact on vegetation in natural areas in southeastern Nebraska. Natural Areas Journal 28:121-129. 472K

08-GILSDORF, J. M., K. C. VERCAUTEREN, S. E. HYGNSTROM, W. D. WALTER, J. R. BONER, AND G. M. CLEMENTS. 2008. An integrated vehicle-mounted telemetry system for VHF telemetry applications. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1241-1246. 681K

08-47 HYGNSTROM, S. E., B. D. TRINDLE, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2008. Managing deer damage in Nebraska. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Lincoln, Nebraska. 957K

08-71 NOL, P., M. V. PALMER, W. R. WATERS, F. E. ALDWELL, B. M. BUDDLE, J. M. TRIANTIS, L. M. LINKE, G. E. PHILLIPS, T. C. THACKER, J. C. RHYAN, M. R. DUNBAR, AND M. D. SALMAN. 2008. Efficacy of oral and parenteral routes of Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination against experimental bovine tuberculosis in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus): a feasibility study. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44:247-259. 332K

08-103 VERCAUTEREN, K. C., T. C. ATWOOD, T. J. DELIBERTO, H. J. SMITH, J. S. STEVENSON, B. V. THOMSEN, T. GIDLEWSKI, AND J. PAYEUR. 2008. Sentinel-based surveillance of coyotes to detect bovine tuberculosis, Michigan. Emerging Infectious Diseases (www. cdc. gov/eid) 14:1862-1869. 408K

08-VERCAUTEREN, K. C., M. J. LAVELLE, AND G. E. PHILLIPS. 2008. Livestock protection dogs for deterring deer from cattle and feed. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1443-1448. 239K

2007

07-6 ATWOOD, T. C., K. C. VERCAUTEREN, T. J. DELIBERTO, H. J. SMITH, AND J. S. STEVENSON. 2007. Coyotes as sentinels for monitoring bovine tuberculosis prevalence in white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1545-1554. 166K

07-11 BERENTSEN, A. R., M. R. DUNBAR, AND R. G. MCLEAN. 2007. Research strategies of the National Wildlife Research Center to control bovine tuberculosis in wildlife in Michigan, USA. Pages 174-177 in G. Wibbelt, N. Bergholz, S. Seet, and H. Hofer, editors. Erkrankungen der Zootiere: Verhandlungsbericht des 43. Internationalen Symposiums uber die Erkrankungen der Zoo- und Wildtiere (43rd International Symposium on Diseases of Zoo and Wild Animals). Institut fur Wild- und Zootierforschung im Forschungsverbund, Berlin, Germany. 251K

07-12 BERENTSEN, A. R., M. R. DUNBAR, AND R. G. MCLEAN. 2007. Research strategies to reduce bovine tuberculosis transmission from wildlife to cattle. Proceedings of the Wildlife Damage Management Conference 12:232-239. 66K

07-121 FISCHER, J. W., AND M. J. LAVELLE. 2007. Mineral licks: evaluating their role in disease transmission. ArcNews Online (http://www. esri. com/news/arcnews/summer07articles/mineral-licks. html).

07-PILON, J., C. LOIACONO, D. OKESON, S. LUND, K. VERCAUTEREN, J. RHYAN, AND L. MILLER. 2007. Anti-prion activity generated by a novel vaccine formulation. Neuroscience Letters 429:161-164. 289K

07-SEWARD, N. W., G. E. PHILLIPS, J. F. DUQUETTE, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2007. A frightening device for deterring deer use of cattle feeders. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:271-276. (PDF; 141KB)

7-VERCAUTEREN, K. C., P. W. BURKE, G. E. PHILLIPS, J. W. FISCHER, N. W. SEWARD, B. A. WUNDER, AND M. J. LAVELLE. 2007. Elk use of wallows and potential chronic wasting disease transmission. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 43:784-788. 146K

07-VERCAUTEREN, K. C., M. J. LAVELLE, N. W. SEWARD, J. W. FISCHER, AND G. E. PHILLIPS. 2007. Fence-line contact between wild and farmed cervids in Colorado: potential for disease transmission. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1594-1602. 118K

07-VERCAUTEREN, K. C., N. W. SEWARD, M. J. LAVELLE, J. W. FISCHER, AND G. E. PHILLIPS. 2007. A fence design for excluding elk without impeding other wildlife. Rangeland Ecology & Management 60:529-532. 501K

07-VERCAUTEREN, K. C., M. J. LAVELLE, N. W. SEWARD, J. W. FISCHER, AND G. E. PHILLIPS. 2007. Fence-line contact between wild and farmed white-tailed deer in Michigan: potential for disease transmission. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:1603-1606. 64K

07-114 WYCKOFF, C., S. E. HENKE, T. A. CAMPBELL, D. HEWITT, AND K. VERCAUTEREN. 2007. GPS telemetry collars: considerations before you open your wallet. Proceedings of the Wildlife Damage Management Conference 12 (Addendum):571-576. 32K

2006

06-117 BERINGER, J., J. J. MILLSPAUGH, T. MEYER, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2006. Use of parotid lymph node tissues for chronic wasting disease surveillance in hunter-killed and live white-tailed deer. Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Sciences 40:12-21. 786K

06-SEAMANS, T. W., AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2006. Evaluation of ElectroBraid fencing as a white-tailed deer barrier. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:8-15. 329K

06-SPRAKER, T. R., T. L. GIDLEWSKI, A. BALACHANDRAN, K. C. VERCAUTEREN, L. CREEKMORE, AND R. D. MUNGER. 2006. Detection of PrPCWD in postmortem rectal lymphoid tissues in Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) infected with chronic wasting disease. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 18:553-557. 329K

06-VERCAUTEREN, K. C., J. M. GILSDORF, S. E. HYGNSTROM, P. B. FIORANELLI, J. A. WILSON, AND S. BARRAS. 2006. Green and blue lasers are ineffective for dispersing deer at night. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:371-374. 239K

06-VERCAUTEREN, K. C., M. J. LAVELLE, AND S. HYGNSTROM. 2006. Fences and deer-damage management: a review of designs and efficacy. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:191-200. 282K

06-VERCAUTEREN, K. C., M. J. LAVELLE, AND S. HYGNSTROM. 2006. A simulation model for determining cost-effectiveness of fences for reducing deer damage. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:16-22. 446K

06-108 WYCKOFF, A. CHRISTY, S. E. HENKE, T. CAMPBELL, AND K. C. VERCAUTEREN. 2006. Is trapping success of feral hogs dependent upon weather conditions? Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference 22:370-372. 154K

2005

05-87 VERCAUTEREN, K., J. FISCHER, R. POOLER, M. LAVELLE, AND G. PHILLIPS. 2005. Fence-line interactions among farmed and free-ranging cervids: preliminary results. Proceedings of the Wildlife Damage Management Conference 11:33-35. 23K

05-88 VERCAUTEREN, K., G. PHILLIPS, R. POOLER, AND M. LAVELLE. 2005. Evaluation of livestock protection dogs for deterring deer from contacting cattle. Proceedings of the Wildlife Damage Management Conference 11:134. 16K

05-89 VERCAUTEREN, K., N. SEWARD, D. HIRCHERT, M. JONES, AND S. BECKERMAN. 2005. Dogs for reducing wildlife damage to organic crops: a case study. Proceedings of the Wildlife Damage Management Conference 11:286-293.104K

05-90 VERCAUTEREN, K. C., J. A. SHIVIK, AND M. J. LAVELLE. 2005. Efficacy of an animal-activated frightening device on urban elk and mule deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:1282-1287. 279K

05-91 VERCAUTEREN, K., SMITH H., AND J. STEVENSON. 2005. The role of raccoons in the ecology of bovine tuberculosis. Proceedings of the Wildlife Damage Management Conference 11:46-48. 23K

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