| effect of field capture on the measurement of cellular immune responses in wild ferrets (mustela furo), vectors of bovine tuberculosis in new zealand. | ferrets are recognised as significant wildlife vectors of bovine tuberculosis (tb) in new zealand. disease management strategies, such as the development of a protective wildlife vaccine, could be assisted by the ability to measure pertinent cellular immune responses among wild animals. in the present study, we investigated whether it is possible to measure in vitro lymphocyte reactivity in wild-caught ferrets, and also determined levels of physiological stress in these animals, and we compared ... | 1999 | 10478422 |