Evidence for continued transmission of parasitic nematodes in reindeer during the Arctic winter

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 567-579

  Halvorsen, O ^a   Stien, A ^b   Irvine, J ^b   Langvatn, R ^c   Albon, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acquired immunity; Arrested development; Epidemiology; Population dynamics; Rangifer tarandus; Trichostrongylidae

Indexed keywords

NEMATODE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; UNGULATE; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WORM INFECTION;

ABOMASUM; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; REINDEER; SEASONS; STOMACH DISEASES;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

NEMATODA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLE; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE;

EID: 0033118559     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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