Seasonal dynamics of the fecal excretion of Elaphostrongylus cervi (Nematoda, Metastrongyloidea) first-stage larvae in Iberian red deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus) from southern Spain

Parasitology Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-64

  Vicente, Joaquín ^a,c   Fierro, Yolanda ^b   Gortazar, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b Yolfi Properties SL   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEER; ELAPHOSTRONGYLUS CERVI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FECES; INFECTION RATE; LARVA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SUMMER;

ANIMALS; DEER; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; LARVA; NEMATODA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SPAIN;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS HISPANICUS; ELAPHOSTRONGYLUS; ELAPHOSTRONGYLUS CERVI; GASTROPODA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODA;

EID: 12444262263     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1255-9     Document Type: Article

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