Transmission of lungworms (Muellerius capillaris) from domestic goats to bighorn sheep on common pasture

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 272-278

  Foreyt, William J ^a   Jenkins, E J ^b   Appleyard, G D ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bighorn sneep; Experimental study; Goats; Lungworms; Muellerius capillaris; Ovis canadensis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; MUELLERIUS; MUELLERIUS CAPILLARIS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, BIGHORN;

EID: 67649948156     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.2.272     Document Type: Article

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