Splenic mass of masked shrews, sorex cinereus, in relation to body mass, sex, age, day of the year, and bladder nematode, liniscus (=capillaria) maseri, infection

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 228-230

  Cowan, Krystyna M ^a   Shutler, Dave ^a,b   Herman, Thomas B ^a,b   Stewart, Donald T ^a,b  

^a Acadia University ^*  (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RODENT; THRESHOLD;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LINISCUS MASERI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; SHREW; SOREX CINEREUS; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLADDER; BODY SIZE; CAPILLARIA; ENOPLID INFECTION; HISTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN;

CAPILLARIA; SOREX CINEREUS; SORICIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CAPILLARIA; ENOPLIDA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SHREWS; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 64549102018     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1566.1     Document Type: Article

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