Bots (Diptera: Oestridae) infesting a neotropical forest rodent, Proechimys semispinosus (Rodentia: Echimyidae), in Panama

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 693-697

  Adler, Gregory H ^a   Davis, Shannon L ^a   Carvajal, Alejandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ISLAND; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RAINFALL; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DENSITY; FEMALE; FLY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MALE; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; PREVALENCE; PROECHIMYS SEMISPINOSUS; RAT; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOULDER GIRDLE;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; MYIASIS; PANAMA; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA;

PANAMA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CUTEREBRA; DIPTERA; ECHIMYIDAE; HEXAPODA; OESTRIDAE; PROECHIMYS; PROECHIMYS SEMISPINOSUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0141856526     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3124     Document Type: Article

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