Social structure of the mara (Dolichotis patagonum) as a determinant of gastro-intestinal parasitism

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-275

  Porteous, I S ^a,b   Pankhurst, S J ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faecal egg counts; Host parasite interaction; Mara; Monogamy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALIA; DOLICHOTIS PATAGONUM; HYSTRICOGNATHI; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 0031884138     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097002205     Document Type: Article

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