Rhythmicity of Egg Production by Heligmosomoides Polygyrus in Wild Wood Mice, Apodemus Sylvaticus

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 105-108

  Brown, E D ^a   Macdonald, D W ^a   Tew, T E ^a   Todd, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EGG PRODUCTION; FECES; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT;

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MURIDAE; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; OVIPOSITION; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RODENT DISEASES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028068332     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X00013602     Document Type: Article

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