Parasitism of the deer ked, Lipoptena cervi, on the moose, Alces alces, in eastern Finland

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-417

  Paakkonen, T ^a   Mustonen, A M ^a   Roininen, H ^a   Niemela P ^a,b   Ruusila, V ^c   Nieminen, P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Deer ked; Ectoparasite; Hippoboscidae; Lipoptena cervi; Moose; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANATOMY; CATTLE; DEER; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ECTOPARASITE; FLY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITISM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; DEER; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; DEER; DIPTERA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO;

FINLAND;

ALCES ALCES; ARTIODACTYLA; CERVIDAE; DIPTERA; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; LIPOPTENA CERVI; PHTHIRAPTERA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 78149404011     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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