Transmission dynamics and host-parasite interactions of Trichostrongylus tenuis in red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 194-202

  Hudson, Peter J ^a,b   Dobson, Andrew P ^a,c  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; FERTILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WORM INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CECUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RECURRENCE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RED GROUSE;

LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; NEMATODA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

EID: 0030613931     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284438     Document Type: Article

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