Movement Patterns and Behavior at Winter-Feeding and Fall Baiting Stations in a Population of White-Tailed Deer Infected with Bovine Tuberculosis in the Northeastern Lower Peninsula of Michigan
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MOVEMENT PATTERNS AND BEHAVOIR AT WINTER FEEDING AND FALL BAITING STATIONS IN A POPULATION OF WHITE-TAILED DEER INFECTED WTTH BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS IN THE NORTHEASTERN LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN.
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