Prevalence and population structure of lice (Phthiraptera) on the Indian Red Avadavat

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-383

  Gupta, Nidhi ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Saxena, Arun Kumar ^a  

^a Government Raza Postgraduate College   (India)

Author keywords

Amblycera; Ischnocera; Lice; Mallophaga; Phthiraptera

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; LOUSE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PEDICULOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; FEMALE; INDIA; LICE; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMANDAVA; AMANDAVA AMANDAVA; AMBLYCERA; BRUEELIA; ISCHNOCERA; MALLOPHAGA; MYRSIDEA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 34250172029     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.000     Document Type: Article

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