Host range and the maintenance of Haemonchus spp. in an adverse arid climate

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-261

  Jacquiet, P ^a   Cabaret, J ^b   Thiam, E ^a   Cheikh, D ^a  

^a Ctr Natl d'Elev et de Rech V   (Mauritania)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Haemonchus; Host specificity; Sahelian regions; Survival strategy

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; HOST RANGE; PARASITE; SURVIVAL; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DESERT CLIMATE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GOAT DISEASE; HAEMONCHUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MAURITANIA; RUMINANTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HAEMONCHUS LONGISTIPES; HAEMONCHUS PLACEI; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032007266     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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