The processes influencing the distribution of parasitic nematodes among naturally infected lambs

Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-171

  Stear, M J ^a   Bairden, K ^a   Bishop, S C ^b   Gettinby, G ^c   Mckellar, Q A ^a,d   Park, M ^a   Strain, S ^a   Wallace, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution; Negative binomial; Nematoda; Ostertagia circumcincta; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; MIXED INFECTION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STATISTICS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WORM INFECTION;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0031903724     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098002868     Document Type: Article

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