Susceptibility of Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) to Experimentally-Induced Fascioloides magna Infections

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 556-559

  Foreyt, William J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Experimental infection; Fascioloides magna; Liver flukes; Ovis canadensis

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; DIGENEA (FLUKES); FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLOIDES MAGNA; HEPATICA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS CANADENSIS; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FASCIOLA; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TREMATODIASIS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DEER; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FASCIOLIDAE; FECES; FEMALE; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030181069     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.3.556     Document Type: Article

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