Prevalence and seasonality of Oestrus caucasicus grunin, 1948 (Diptera: Oestridae) parasitizing the Spanish ibex, Capra pyrenaica (Mammalia: Artiodactyla)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-236

  Pérez, Jesús M ^a   Granados, José E ^a   Soriguer, Ramón C ^a,b   Ruiz Martínez, Isidoro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; ESTRUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MAMMAL; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; FRONTAL SINUS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LARVA; MALE; MYIASIS; NASOPHARYNX; PARANASAL SINUSES; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA PYRENAICA; DIPTERA; MAMMALIA; OESTRIDAE; OESTRUS CAUCASICUS; UNGULATA;

PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEASONALITY;

SPAIN, SIERRA NEVADA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0029661665     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284152     Document Type: Article

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