Sensitivity of two-stage sampling to detect sheep biting lice (Bovicola ovis) in infested flocks

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 157-166

  James, P J ^a,b   Garrett, J A ^a   Moon, R D ^a  

^a 219 Hodson Hall ^*  (United States)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bovicola ovis; Detection; Sheep arthropoda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOVICOLA OVIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFESTATION; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEAD; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; MALLOPHAGA; NECK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BOVICOLA; BOVICOLA OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 0037012026     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(01)00585-4     Document Type: Article

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