The effect of single and concomitant pathogen infections on condition and fecundity of the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1509-1515

  Lello, J ^a   Boag, B ^b   Hudson, P J ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Penn State University ^*

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition; Fat deposits; Fecundity; Foetuses; Parasite effects; Pathogen effects

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FECUNDITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LAGOMORPH;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIPID STORAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYXOMA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SAMPLE SIZE;

ANIMALIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA STIEDAE; MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 28344431991     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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