Within-flock transmission of sheep scab in naive sheep housed with single infested sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 277-289

  Berriatua, E ^a   French, N P ^a   Wall, R ^b   Smith, K E ^b   Morgan, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pruritus; Psoroptes ovis; Rubbing behaviour; Sheep scab; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; INFECTION CONTROL; MITE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRURITUS; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ACARI; OVIS ARIES; PSOROPTES OVIS;

EID: 0033021657     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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