Evaluation of host preferences by helminths and ectoparasites among black-tailed jackrabbits in northern California

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 555-558

  Clemons, Catherine ^a   Rickard, Lora G ^b   Keirans, James E ^c   Botzler, Richard G ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black tailed jackrabbits; Host extension; Host selection; Ixodid ticks; Lepus californicus; Nematodes; Range extension

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CESTODA; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HAEMODIPSUS SETONI; IXODES NEOTOMAE; IXODES SPINIPALPIS; IXODIDAE; LEPUS; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; NEMATODA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; TAENIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; IXODES; LAGOMORPH; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CALIFORNIA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; IXODES; LAGOMORPHA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034218763     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.3.555     Document Type: Article

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