Meningeal worm in experimentally-infected bighorn and domestic sheep

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 614-618

  Pybus, M J ^a   Groom, S ^b   Samuel, W M ^c  

^a Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Domestic sheep; Experimental study; Meningeal worm; Ovis canadensis; Parelaphostrongylus tenuis

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MENINX; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPINAL CORD; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; MENINGES; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030251852     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.4.614     Document Type: Article

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