Temporal relationship between infestation with lice (Bovicola ovis Schrank) and the development of pruritic behaviour and fleece derangement in sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 251-257

  James, P J ^a   Bartholomaeus, F W ^a   Karlsson, L J E ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Detection; Ovis aries; Phthiraptera; Population dynamics; Pruritis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRURITUS; SHEEP; WOOL;

ANIMALS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; PHTHIRAPTERA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; WOOL;

BOVICOLA OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 34848820051     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.08.016     Document Type: Article

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