Nematode parasites of sheep: Extension of a simple model to include host variability

Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 437-446

  Louie, K ^a   Vlassoff, A ^b   Mackay, A ^c  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Host variability; Host parasite models; Mathematical models; Nematodes; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FERTILITY; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 17144422860     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200400678X     Document Type: Article

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