Seasonal dynamics and variation among sheep in densities of the sheep biting louse, Bovicola ovis

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 283-292

  James, P J ^a,c   Moon, R D ^a   Brown, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Univ Minnesota N Ctrl Exp Stn   (United States)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mallophaga; Population dynamics; Sheep susceptibility

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOUSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; SHEEP;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECTOPARASITE; INFESTATION; LIFE CYCLE; LOUSE; MALLOPHAGA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALLOPHAGA; MINNESOTA; PERIODICITY; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TEMPERATURE; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; BOVICOLA OVIS; MALLOPHAGA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA; TRICHODECTIDAE;

EID: 0032005861     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00188-4     Document Type: Article

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