The influence of water and humidity on the hatching of Nematodirus battus eggs

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-292

  Van Dijk, J ^a,b   Morgan, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; GRASS; HATCHING; HUMIDITY; NEMATODIRUS BATTUS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; HUMIDITY; LARVA; NEMATODIRUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

NEMATODIRUS BATTUS;

EID: 84864354080     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X1100040X     Document Type: Article

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