Disease transmission in an extreme environment: Nematode parasites infect reindeer during the Arctic winter

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 789-795

  Carlsson, Anja M ^a,b,c   Justin Irvine, R ^b   Wilson, Kenneth ^a   Piertney, Stuart B ^d   Halvorsen, Odd ^e   Coulson, Stephen J ^c   Stien, Audun ^f   Albon, Steve D ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Experiment; Marshallagia marshalli; Over winter transmission; Parasite host interaction; Svalbard reindeer

Indexed keywords

ABAMECTIN;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEMATODE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; WINTER;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; LARVAL STAGE; MARSHALLAGIA MARSHALLI; MICROSCOPY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA GRUEHNERI; PARASITE LOAD; POPULATION SIZE; REINDEER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; REINDEER; SEASONS; SVALBARD;

ARCTIC; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALIA; MARSHALLAGIA MARSHALLI; NEMATODA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863847342     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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