Acute impacts of the deer ked (Lipoptena cervi) infestation on reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) behaviour

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1489-1497

  Kynkäänniemi, Sanna Mari ^a   Kettu, Maria ^a   Kortet, Raine ^a,b   Härkönen, Laura ^a   Kaitala, Arja ^a   Paakkonen, Tommi ^b   Mustonen, Anne Mari ^b   Nieminen, Petteri ^b   Härkönen, Sauli ^c   Ylönen, Hannu ^d   Laaksonen, Sauli ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Finnish Medical Agency   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMECTIN VET; IVERMECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPTERA; ECTOPARASITE; EXPERIMENTAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GROOMING; INFESTATION; LIPOPTENA CERVI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS; REINDEER; SCRATCHING;

CERVIDAE; HEXAPODA; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; LIPOPTENA CERVI; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIPTERA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; IVERMECTIN; MALE; REINDEER;

EID: 84897024783     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3790-3     Document Type: Article

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