Climate and the epidemiology of gastrointestinal nematode infections of sheep in Europe

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-14

  Morgan, E R ^a   van Dijk, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution; Haemonchus; Nematodirus; Seasonality; Teladorsagia; Trichostrongylus

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LARVAL STAGE; MOISTURE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NEMATODIRUS BATTUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP DISEASE; SHEEP FARMING; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; EUROPE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TEMPERATURE;

HAEMONCHUS; NEMATODIRUS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 84865130724     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.03.028     Document Type: Article

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