Inspection of wool lots at sales as a diagnostic test for louse infestation

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 119-128

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

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Australia; Diagnosis arthropoda; Lice; Logistic regression model

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFESTATION; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; VISION; WOOL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; LICE INFESTATIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WOOL;

ARTHROPODA; INSECTA; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 0034631292     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00229-6     Document Type: Article

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