Sex, age, spleen size, and kidney fat of red deer relative to infection intensities of the lungworm Elaphostrongylus cervi

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 581-587

  Vicente, J ^a,b,c   Perez Rodriguez L ^a   Gortazar, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c Wildlife Disease Ecology Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body condition; Deer; Immune defense; Mating system; Polygyny; Spleen mass

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DEER; FAT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY; NEMATODE; POLYGYNY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ELAPHOSTRONGYLUS CERVI; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; KIDNEY; LIFE HISTORY; MATING SYSTEM; MATING TYPE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; REARING; SPLEEN SIZE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DEER; KIDNEY; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPAIN; SPLEEN;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ELAPHOSTRONGYLUS CERVI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34249950794     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0231-5     Document Type: Article

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