The dynamics of nematode transmission in the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus): Studies on the recovery of Trichostrongylus tenuis larvae from vegetation

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-175

  Saunders, L M ^a   Tompkins, D M ^a   Hudson, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MIGRATION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

EID: 0032990296     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x99000268     Document Type: Article

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