The effect of Toxoplasma gondii and other parasites on activity levels in wild and hybrid Rattus norvegicus

Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 583-589

  Webster, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activity; parasite altered host behaviour; Rattus norvegicus; Syphacia muris; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYURIASIS; OXYUROIDEA; RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0027944085     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000076460     Document Type: Article

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