Ray T Sterner
Affiliation: Agricultural Research Service
- An index technique to monitor broadcast calibration and bait pick up, plus rodent and avian sign under arid conditionsRay T Sterner
USDA APHIS WS, National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521 2154, USA
Pest Manag Sci 58:385-91. 2002....
- Capsicum oleoresin: development of an in-soil repellent for pocket gophersRay T Sterner
USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521 2154, USA
Pest Manag Sci 61:1202-8. 2005..The potential for soil insertion of repellents as a technique for expelling pocket gophers from territories and some methodological changes for future research of the technique are discussed...
- Skunk rabies in California (1992-2003)--implications for oral rabies vaccinationRay T Sterner
U S Department of Agriculture, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 2154, USA
J Wildl Dis 44:1008-13. 2008..Results imply that future ORV campaigns for skunk-variant rabies in the Pacific Coastal Plain could deter spread from SLO into SB County, as well as deterring the reintroduction of skunk-variant rabies into southern California...
- Tactics and economics of wildlife oral rabies vaccination, Canada and the United StatesRay T Sterner
US Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 2154, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 15:1176-84. 2009..Modeling studies, involving diverse assumptions, have shown that ORV programs can be cost-efficient and yield benefit:cost ratios >1.0...
- Benefit cost scenarios of potential oral rabies vaccination for skunks in CaliforniaStephanie A Shwiff
National Wildlife Research Center, Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521 2154, USA
J Wildl Dis 45:227-33. 2009..16 and 2.91 and between 0.34 and 6.35 for Scenarios 1 and 2, respectively. Economic issues relevant to potentially managing skunk-variant rabies with ORV are discussed...
- Economic evaluation of an oral rabies vaccination program for control of a domestic dog-coyote rabies epizootic: 1995-2006Stephanie A Shwiff
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
J Am Vet Med Assoc 233:1736-41. 2008..To conduct a benefit-cost analysis of the results of the domestic dog and coyote (DDC) oral rabies vaccine (ORV) program in Texas from 1995 through 2006 by use of fiscal records and relevant public health data...
- Direct and indirect costs of rabies exposure: a retrospective study in southern California (1998-2002)Stephanie A Shwiff
National Wildlife Research Center, Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, CO 80521 2154, USA
J Wildl Dis 43:251-7. 2007..About one third of the total cost for suspected human rabies exposure was attributed to indirect costs (e.g., lost wages, transportation, and day-care fees), most of which were not reimbursable to the patient...