Prevalence and clustering of louse infestation in Queensland sheep flocks

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-250

  Ward, M P ^a   Armstrong, R T F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bovicola ovis; Clustering; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Sheep arthropoda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFESTATION; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; LICE; LICE INFESTATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WOOL;

ARTHROPODA; BOVICOLA OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 0033045287     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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