Stability of nematode parasite communities of sheep in a polish flock in relation to years, seasons and resistance status of hosts

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 154-161

  Grüner, Lucas ^a   Malczewski, Andrzej ^b   Gawor, Jakub ^b   Nowosad, Bogusław ^c   Krupiński, Jȩdrzej ^d   Bouix, Jaques ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diversity; Host resistance; Nematode parasites; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031662404     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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