Prevalence and intensity of the ectoparasite Echinophthirius horridus on harbour seals (Phoca vitulina): Effects of host age and inter-annual variability in host food availability

Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-403

  Thompson, P M ^a   Corpe, H M ^a   Reid, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echinophthirius horridus; Epidemiology; Harbour seals; Inter annual variation; Pinniped

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIVING; ECHINOPHTHIRIUS HORRIDUS; ECTOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANOPLURA; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LEUKOCYTES; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; SEALS, EARLESS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ANOPLURA; ARACHNIDA; ECHINOPHTHIRIUS HORRIDUS; HEXAPODA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0031754771     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003072     Document Type: Article

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