title: Overabundance of sika deer and immunocontraception.
abstract: The impact of deer overabundance is a worldwide problem. Along with habitat expansion and population increase, damage by sika deer to the forest ecosystem and agriculture has become a serious issue in Japan. Deer also transmit a number of diseases and parasites to humans and livestock. The overabundance of deer is a result of their strong fecundity, and therefore the present situation should, in theory, be tackled by experts in reproductive biology.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Noguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003269:Contraception, Immunologic / Q000379:methods*; D003670:Deer / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D065928:Forests; D005620:Freund's Adjuvant; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity; D013091:Spermatogenesis; D013737:Testis / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005620:Freund's Adjuvant