| adaptation to arid environment: haemonchus longistipes in dromedaries of saharo-sahelian areas of mauritania. | the adaptations of the trichostrongylid nematode haemonchus longistipes of dromedaries (camelus dromedarius) to the harsh environment of saharo-sahelian climate were assessed by means of (i) an epidemiological survey of dromedary infection in the south-west of mauritania, (ii) an estimate over a 3 year period of parasite distribution within the host population and of prolificacy of h. longistipes females recovered from natural populations of infected dromedaries sampled at nouakchott's slaughter ... | 1996 | 9017882 |