Ecology of gastropod and bighorn sheep hosts of lungworms on isolated, semiarid mountain ranges in Utah, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-44

  Rogerson, Jared D ^a,c   Fairbanks, W Sue ^a,d   Cornicelli, Louis ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^c WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antelope Island; Bighorn sheep; Gastropod; Intermediate host; Lungworm; Newfoundland Mountains; Ovis canadensis; Protostrongylus spp.

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; PROTOSTRONGYLIDAE; PROTOSTRONGYLUS; VALLONIA;

EID: 42549094254     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.1.28     Document Type: Article

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