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Nematode parasite populations in sheep on lowland farms III. The seasonal incidence of species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

H. D. Crofton
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Bristol

Extract

Various authors have recorded the seasonal occurrence of different species of nematode parasites in sheep. Some of these (Ross & Gordon, 1936; Gordon, 1950; Taylor, 1934) have been mainly interested in the epidemiology of outbreaks of parasitic disease, but others have recorded the incidence of different species in flocks in which no outbreak has occurred (Gordon, 1948, 1950; Morgan & Oldham, 1934; Morgan & Sloan, 1947; Morgan, Parnell & Rayski, 1950; Parnell, 1954; Parnell, Rayski, Dunn & Mackenzie, 1954; Stewart & Douglas, 1938; Tetley, 1935, 1941, 1949; Wilson, Morgan, Parnell & Rayski, 1953).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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