Interaction between the effects of evaporation rate and amount of simulated rainfall on development of the free-living stages of Haemonchus contortus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 223-234

  O'Connor, Lauren J ^a   Kahn, Lewis P ^a   Walkden Brown, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Ecology; Evaporation; Free living stages; Haemonchus contortus; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EVAPORATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; FECES; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OVUM; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 47049111552     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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