Title

TB157: Capture, Care, and Handling of Fishers (Martes pennanti)

Authors

Herbert C. Frost
William B. Krohn

Files

Description

These authors brought fishers into captivity to assess the reproductive cycles of both sexes and to monitor females with known reproductive histories. In addition, kits born in captivity were raised to sexual maturity to monitor growth and development. Here they report on the rates at which fishers were caught, the care and maintenance of fishers while in captivity, and the handling procedures used with 44 fishers taken from the wild and 38 fishers conceived in the wild and born in captivity, during the period from 1990 to 1993.

Document Type

Article

ISSN

1070-1524

Rights and Access Note

Rights assessment remains the responsibility of the researcher. No known restrictions on publication.

Volume

157

Publication Date

8-1-1994

Publisher

Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station

City

Orono

Keywords

fishers

Disciplines

Zoology

Recommended Citation

Frost, H.C., and W.B. Krohn. 1994. Capture, care, and handling of fishers (Martes pennati). Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 157.