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Density-dependent mechanisms in the regulation of Fasciola hepatica populations in sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Gary Smith
Gary Smith
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Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London SW7 2BB*
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Summary

Populations of Fasciola hepatica infecting sheep are regulated by at least 3 density-dependent processes. Parasite deaths due to parasite-induced primary host mortality, fluke fecundity and asexual multiplication in the intermediate snail host, Lymnaea truncatula, vary according to the intensity of infection. Empirical and theoretical evidence is used to assess the extent to which each of these processes in turn affects parasite population numbers.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 88 , Issue 3 , June 1984 , pp. 449 - 461
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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