Physiological responses of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) to infection with Capillaria hepatica (Nematoda)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1112-1118

  Meagher, Shawn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Tracy Aviary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; LIVER SIZE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN SIZE; SWIMMING; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHUROIDEA;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CAPILLARIA; ENOPLIDA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RODENT DISEASES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEX FACTORS; SPLEEN; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA HEPATICA; CERVIDAE; HEPATICA; NEMATODA; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; TRICHOCEPHALIDA;

EID: 0032414237     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284658     Document Type: Article

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