Variation in faecal water content may confound estimates of gastro-intestinal parasite intensity in wild African herbivores

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-105

  Turner, W C ^a   Cizauskas, C A ^a   Getz, W M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS; ARTICLE; EQUUS QUAGGA; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HERBIVORE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRONGYLE INFECTION; STRONGYLOIDES; UNGULATE; WATER CONTENT;

AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; EQUIDAE; FECES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTESTINES; MALE; PARASITES; RUMINANTS; SEASONS; WATER;

ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS; EQUUS BURCHELLII; EQUUS QUAGGA; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 77949658441     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X09990320     Document Type: Article

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