The effect of three distinct sex ratios at two Oesophagostomum dentatum worm population densities

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 636-640

  Christensen, Charlotte M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; FECUNDITY; HELMINTH; PIG; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; GENDER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; STRONGYLOIDEA; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEX RATIO; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; STRONGYLOIDEA; SUS SCROFA; VERMES;

EID: 0030806515     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284238     Document Type: Article

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