Strongylid infection varies with age, sex, movement and social factors in wild African elephants
dc.contributor.author | Parker, Jenna M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Goldenberg, Shifra Z. | |
dc.contributor.author | Letitiya, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Wittemyer, George | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-15T19:09:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-15T19:09:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0031182019001653 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/227 | |
dc.description.abstract | Comparing parasitic infection among individuals of wildlife populations can provide insight into factors that influence wildlife disease ecology. Strongylids are parasitic worms that infect the intestinal tract of vertebrates, and infection with strongylids can be approximated by counting strongylid eggs in dung samples.... | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.relation.url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0031182019001653/type/journal_article | |
dc.rights | © Cambridge University Press 2019 | |
dc.subject | PARASITES | |
dc.subject | INFECTION | |
dc.subject | AFRICAN ELEPHANTS | |
dc.subject | WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT | |
dc.subject | SOCIAL BEHAVIOR | |
dc.subject | NATURE RESERVES | |
dc.subject | ANIMAL-HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS | |
dc.subject | ECOLOGY | |
dc.subject | FECES | |
dc.title | Strongylid infection varies with age, sex, movement and social factors in wild African elephants | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.source.journaltitle | Parasitology | |
dc.source.volume | 147 | |
dc.source.issue | 3 | |
dc.source.beginpage | 348 | |
dc.source.endpage | 359 | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020 | |
html.description.abstract | Comparing parasitic infection among individuals of wildlife populations can provide insight into factors that influence wildlife disease ecology. Strongylids are parasitic worms that infect the intestinal tract of vertebrates, and infection with strongylids can be approximated by counting strongylid eggs in dung samples.... |
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