Botfly (Diptera: Oestridae) parasitism of Ord's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ordii) at Suffield National Wildlife Area, Alberta, Canada

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 601-604

  Gummer, David L ^a   Forbes, Mark R ^a,b   Bender, Darren J ^a,b   Barclay, Robert M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTFLY; ORD'S KANGAROO RAT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLY; GENDER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; RAT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; DIPODOMYS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MYIASIS; RODENT DISEASES;

CANADA, ALBERTA, SUFFIELD NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA;

ANIMALIA; CUTEREBRA POLITA; DIPODOMYS ORDII; DIPTERA; MACROPUS SP.; OESTRIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030797528     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284230     Document Type: Article

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