Supplemental feeding drives endoparasite infection in wild boar in Western Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 114-123

  Navarro Gonzalez, Nora ^a   Fernández Llario, Pedro ^b   Pérez Martín, Juan Enrique ^b   Mentaberre, Gregorio ^a   López Martín, José M ^a,c   Lavín, Santiago ^a   Serrano, Emmanuel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c Generalitat de Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Feeders; Game management; Host parasite relationships; Parasite aggregation; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ENDOPARASITE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION; WILD BOAR;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84880721238     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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