Physiological responses of insular wild black rat (Rattus rattus) to natural infection by the digenean trematode Fasciola hepatica

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-101

  Magnanou, E ^a   Fons, R ^a   Feliu, C ^b   Morand, S ^c  

^a France   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; INFESTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; MURIDAE; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; TREMATODA;

EID: 33645759491     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0063-1     Document Type: Article

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