Effects of food abundance, age, and flea infestation on the body condition and immunological variables of a rodent host, and their consequences for flea survival

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-74

  Hawlena, Hadas ^a,b   Krasnov, Boris R ^a,b   Abramsky, Zvika ^a   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Goüy De Bellocq, Joelle ^a,b   Pinshow, Berry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body mass; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Ectoparasites; Food restriction; Haematocrit; PHA test; Rodents; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INFESTATION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; MERIONES; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 42749089689     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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