Sheep blowfly strike: A model approach

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Wall, R ^a   French, N P ^b   Fenton, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCILIA SERICATA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EGG LAYING; FECES; FEMALE; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MYIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; WOOL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPTERA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FECES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMIDITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MYIASIS; OVIPOSITION; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TEMPERATURE; WOOL;

EID: 0034242472     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rvsc.2000.0383     Document Type: Review

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