Seasonal variations in the larval burden distribution of Oestrus ovis in sheep in the southwest of Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 235-241

  Alcaide, M ^a   Reina, D ^a   Sanchez J ^a   Frontera, E ^a   Navarrete, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Oestrus ovis; Prevalence; Seasonal variations; Sheep; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CHRONOBIOLOGY; FLY; HERD; INFESTATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; OESTRUS OVIS; PARANASAL SINUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SKULL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPAIN;

OESTRUS OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0346056905     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.09.021     Document Type: Article

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