Epizootiology of blood parasites in an Australian lizard: A mark-recapture study of a natural population

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-18

  Salkeld, Daniel J ^a   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haemogregarine; Hepatozoon; Wildlife disease ecology

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEMOPARASITE; LIZARD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOST; LIZARD; MALE; MARK RECAPTURE; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BODY SIZE; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; REMISSION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALIA; EULAMPRUS QUOYII; HEPATOZOON; SQUAMATA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COCCIDIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIZARDS; MALE; PARASITEMIA; QUEENSLAND; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 21644450965     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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