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LARGER numbers of nematodes in male than in female hosts have been recorded for Ascaridia galli in chickens1 and for Aspiculuris tetraptera in mice2; with Syngamus trachea in partridges, on the other hand, infestations are more severe in females than in males3. The present results, relating to Trichostrongylus retortaeformis in European wild rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.), are of interest in indicating a seasonal change in host resistance, males being more resistant in summer and females in winter.
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BULL, P. A Seasonal Sex Difference in the Infestation of Rabbits with the Nematode Trichostrongylus retortaeformis (Zeder, 1800). Nature 184, 281–282 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184281a0
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