Population dynamics of two species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus): Biotic and abiotic factors

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 220-225

  Fuller, Claire A ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EIMERIA; FECES ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE STATUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; OREGON; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; CERVIDAE; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ARIZONENSIS; EIMERIA DELICATA; EIMERIIDAE; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

DEER MICE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0029661677     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284150     Document Type: Article

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