Gastrointestinal nematodes depress food intake in naturally infected reindeer

Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-219

  Arneberg, P ^a   Folstad, I ^a   Karter, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Food intake; Grazing system dynamics; Parasites; Reindeer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; FOOD INTAKE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0030048444     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s003118200008478x     Document Type: Article

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