Fecal counts of lungworm larvae and reproductive effort in bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis

Oikos

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 473-480

  Pelletier, Fanie ^a   Page, Karen Ann ^a   Ostiguy, Timothée ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECES; PARASITE RESISTANCE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SHEEP;

AVES; MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; PROTOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 24744449954     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.14120.x     Document Type: Article

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