The use of a gamma-type function to assess the relationship between the number of adult Teladorsagia circumcincta and total egg output

Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 435-440

  Bishop, S C ^a   Stear, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Fecundity; Nematode; Sheep; Teladorsagia circumcincta

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0033815280     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099006526     Document Type: Article

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