Back to the future: Developing hypotheses on the effects of climate change on ovine parasitic gastroenteritis from historical data

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 73-84

  van Dijk, J ^a   David, G P ^b   Baird, G ^c   Morgan, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Haemonchus; Infectious disease; Nematode; Nematodirus; Regional; Sheep; Spatial; Teladorsagia; Trichostrongylus

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; GASTROENTERITIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; INCIDENCE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC GASTROENTERITIS; PASTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER;

ANIMALS; GASTROENTERITIS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WALES;

HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 53549131518     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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