Richness, origin and structure of an Eimeria community in a population of Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) introduced into Italy

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1179-1186

  Bertolino, S ^a   Hofmannova L ^b   Girardello, M ^c   Modry, D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

co occurrence; coccidia; community ecology; host parasite relationships; introduced host; introduced parasites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EIMERIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; ITALY; LAGOMORPH; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA LEPORIS; SYLVILAGUS; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; ECOSYSTEM; EIMERIA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; ITALY; LAGOMORPHA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957375432     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009992095     Document Type: Article

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