Age, intensity of infestation by flea parasites and body mass loss in a rodent host

Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-193

  Hawlena, H ^a   Khokhlova, I S ^a   Abramsky, Z ^a   Krasnov, B R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body mass; Fleas; Host age; Level of infestation; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEA; GERBIL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFESTATION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; GERBILLINAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS ANDERSONI; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SYNOSTERNUS CLEOPATRAE;

EID: 33746217803     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006000308     Document Type: Article

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