Maternal effects and early-life performance are associated with parasite resistance across life in free-living Soay sheep

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1261-1273

  Hayward, A D ^a   Pilkington, J G ^a   Pemberton, J M ^a   Kruuk, L E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

early life performance; faecal egg counts; maternal effects; parasite resistance; Soay sheep; strongyles

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; TWINS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; FECES; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LITTER SIZE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL;

OVIS ARIES; STRONGYLES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FECES; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 77957340070     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010000193     Document Type: Article

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