Prevalence and intensity of blood and intestinal parasites in a field population of a Mediterranean lizard, Lacerta lepida

Parasitology Research

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 413-417

  Amo, L ^a   Fargallo, J A ^a   Martinez Padilla J ^b   Millan J ^c   Lopez P ^a   Martin J ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Consejería de Medio Ambiente ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INTESTINE PARASITE; LIZARD; MALE; MATING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIZARDS; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

COCCIDIA; LACERTA LEPIDA; NEMATODA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 23244464580     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1355-1     Document Type: Article

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