The curse of the prey: Sarcoptes mite molecular analysis reveals potential prey-to-predator parasitic infestation in wild animals from Masai Mara, Kenya

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gakuya, Francis ^a   Rossi, Luca ^b   Ombui, Jackson ^c   Maingi, Ndichu ^c   Muchemi, Gerald ^c   Ogara, William ^c   Soriguer, Ramán C ^d   Alasaad, Samer ^b,d,e  

^a KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cheetah; favourite prey; gene flow; genetic structure; lion; microsatellites; Sarcoptes scabiei; Thomson's gazelle; wildebeest

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHEETAH; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; HERBIVORE; KENYA; LION; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PREDATOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SARCOPTES; THOMSON'S GAZELLE; WILD ANIMAL; WILDEBEEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CARNIVORA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; MITE INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

ACARI; ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA; GAZELLA THOMSONII; SARCOPTES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARNIVORA; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HERBIVORY; KENYA; MITE INFESTATIONS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

EID: 80053544658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-193     Document Type: Article

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