The development of cockle, a sheep pelt defect, in relation to size of infestation and time of exposure to Bovicola ovis, the sheep-biting louse

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 259-267

  Heath, A C G ^a   Bishop, D M ^a   Cole, D J W ^a   Pfeffer, A T ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bovicola ovis; cockle; sleep arthropoda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; INFESTATION; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALLOPHAGA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0030608489     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01044-8     Document Type: Article

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