The reversibility of constraints on size and fecundity in the parasitic nematode Strongyloides ratti

Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-483

  Viney, M E ^a   Steer, M D ^a   Wilkes, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Fecundity; Immune pressure; Size

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; RATS; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TIME FACTORS;

NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDES RATTI;

EID: 33750219509     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200600062X     Document Type: Article

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