The effects of oviposition aggregation on the incidence of sheep blowfly strike

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-150

  Fenton, A ^a   Wall, R ^b   French, N P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control methods Arthropoda; Lucilia sericata; Myiasis; Negative binomial distribution; Parasite aggregation; Sheep Arthropoda; Simulation modelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SHEEP; SIMULATION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPTERA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYIASIS; OVIPOSITION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ARTHROPODA; LUCILIA SERICATA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SERICATA;

EID: 0032993887     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00047-3     Document Type: Article

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