Interactions among host diet, nutritional status and gastrointestinal parasite infection in wild bovids

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 535-542

  Ezenwa, Vanessa O ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovidae; Drought; Faecal egg count; Nematodes; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

DIET; NEMATODE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITISM; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; DROUGHT; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRASS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITOSIS; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CLIMATE; DIETARY PROTEINS; FECES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; NEMATODA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PROTEINS; RUMINANTS;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS; BOVIDAE; BUBALUS; KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; NEMATODA; OREOTRAGUS OREOTRAGUS; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX;

EID: 1542328770     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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