The Twenty-First Vertebrate Pest Conference was an educational event for discussing and exchanging information on problems and solutions to wildlife damage and undesirable interactions between wildlife and people. It was held March 1-4, 2004, at the Radisson Hotel and the adjoining Convention Center in Visalia, California.

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The Vertebrate Pest Conference, which is held every two years, is one of the largest and most recognized conferences of its kind. Participants and attendees include leading authorities on vertebrate pest management from the United States, Canada, and throughout the world. All papers are presented in English.

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2004

Weight and Age of Coyotes Captured in Virginia, USA, John M. Houben and J. Russell Mason

Vulture-Cattle Interactions at a Central Florida Ranch, John S. Humphrey, Eric A. TIllman, and Michael L. Avery

Oral Rabies Vaccine (ORV) Bait Uptake by Striped Skunks: Preliminary Results, Susan M. Jojola, Stacie J. Robinson, and Kurt C. VerCauteren

Evaluation of Three Contraceptive Approaches for Population Control in Wild Horses, Gary Killian, Lowell A. Miller, Nancy K. Diehl, Jack Rhyan, and David Thain

Wildlife Conservation Sunflower Plots as a Dual-Purpose Wildlife Management Strategy, George M. Linz, Dionn A. Schaaf, Philip Mastrangelo, H. Jeffrey Homan, Linda B. Penry, and William J. Bleier

Keynote Address: Breathing Lessons, J. Russell Mason

West Nile Virus: Impact on Crow Populations in the United States, Robert G. McLean

GonaConTM, a Versatile GnRH Contraceptive for a Large Variety of Pest Animal Problems, Lowell A. Miller, Jack Rhyan, and Gary Killian

Fertility Control of California Ground Squirrels using GnRH Immunocontraception, Paul B. Nash, David K. James, Lucia T. Hui, and Lowell A. Miller

Effects of Forage Nutritional Quality (Energy and Protein) on Deer Acceptance of Foods Containing Secondary Metabolites, Dale L. Nolte, Bruce A. Kimball, Kelly R. Perry, Juan J. Villalba, and Frederick D. Provenza

Evaluation of Different Rice Baits and Chemicals to Improve Efficacy of 2% DRC-1339 to Reduce Blackbird Damage to Rice, Patricia A. Pipas, John L. Cummings, Jerry C. Hurley, and Karen H. Sheffer

Non-target Hazard to Ring-Necked Pheasants from Zinc Phosphide Use in Northern California Agricultural Areas, Craig A. Ramey, Jean B. Bourassa, and Michael S. Furuta

The Role of Bait Manipulation in the Delivery of Oral Rabies Vaccine to Skunks, Stacie J. Robinson, Susan M. Jojola, and Kurt C. VerCauteren

Bird Depredations in Uruguayan Vineyards, Ethel N. Rodriguez, Guadalupe Tiscornia, and Mark E. Tobin

Potential Flotation Devices for Aerial Delivery of Baits to Brown Treesnakes, Peter J. Savarie and Kenneth L. Tope

Operational Field Evaluation of a Plastic Bulb Reservoir as a Tranquilizer Trap Device for Delivering Propiopromazine Hydrochloride to Feral Dogs, Coyotes, and Gray Wolves, Peter J. Savarie, Daniel S. Vice, Layne Bangerter, Kevin Dustin, William J. Paul, Thomas M. Primus, and F. Sherman Blom

Response of Canada Geese to a Dead Goose Effigy, Thomas W. Seamans and Glen E. Bernhardt

Economics in Wildlife Damage Management Studies: Common Problems and Some Solutions, Stephanie A. Shwiff

Using Fatty Acid Profiles to Assess Dietary Intake of Sunflower in Red-Winged Blackbirds , Randal S. Stahl, H. Jeffrey Homan, George M. Linz, and John J. Johnston

Relative Factor Costs of Wildlife Rabies Impacts in the U.S., Ray T. Sterner and Ben Sun

Evaluation of Trapping to Reduce Monk Parakeet Populations at Electric Utility Facilities, Eric A. Tillman, Ann C. Genchi, James R. Lindsay, James R. Newman, and Michael L. Avery

Coyote Attacks: An Increasing Suburban Problem, Robert M. Timm, Rex O. Baker, Joe R. Bennett, and Craig C. Coolahan

Cervid Disease Research at the National Wildlife Research Center, Kurt C. VerCauteren, Mike Lavelle, Dale L. Nolte, Scott E. Hygnstrom, and Jason Gilsdorf

Leptospirosis in the Azores: the Rodent Connection, Gary W. Witmer, Hernani Martins, and Lidia Flor