Ultraviolet light increases mortality of nematode larvae and can explain patterns of larval availability at pasture

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1151-1156

  Dijk, J van ^a   Louw, M D E de ^a   Kalis, L P A ^a   Morgan, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disease; Epidemiology; Haemonchus; Nematodirus; Seasonality; Solar radiation; Teladorsagia

Indexed keywords

LARVA; LIGHT EFFECT; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; RUMINANT; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; ILLUMINATION; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NEMATODIRUS; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; RADIATION DOSE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WEATHER; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HAEMONCHUS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GREAT BRITAIN; HAEMONCHUS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; NEMATODIRUS BATTUS; TELADORSAGIA; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 67649429816     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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