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Tick burden on European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

In our study we assessed the tick burden on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) in relation to age, physical condition, sex, deer density and season. The main objective was to find predictive parameters for tick burden. In September 2007, May, July, and September 2008, and in May and July 2009 we coll...

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Autores principales: Vor, Torsten, Kiffner, Christian, Hagedorn, Peter, Niedrig, Matthias, Rühe, Ferdinand
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20099011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-010-9337-0
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author Vor, Torsten
Kiffner, Christian
Hagedorn, Peter
Niedrig, Matthias
Rühe, Ferdinand
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description In our study we assessed the tick burden on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) in relation to age, physical condition, sex, deer density and season. The main objective was to find predictive parameters for tick burden. In September 2007, May, July, and September 2008, and in May and July 2009 we collected ticks on 142 culled roe deer from nine forest departments in Southern Hesse, Germany. To correlate tick burden and deer density we estimated deer density using line transect sampling that accounts for different detectability in March 2008 and 2009, respectively. We collected more than 8,600 ticks from roe deer heads and necks, 92.6% of which were Ixodes spp., 7.4% Dermacentor spp. Among Ixodes, 3.3% were larvae, 50.5% nymphs, 34.8% females and 11.4% males, with significant seasonal deviation. Total tick infestation was high, with considerable individual variation (from 0 to 270 ticks/deer). Adult tick burden was positively correlated with roe deer body indices (body mass, age, hind foot length). Significantly more nymphs were found on deer from forest departments with high roe deer density indices, indicating a positive correlation with deer abundance. Overall, tick burden was highly variable. Seasonality and large scale spatial characteristics appeared to be the most important factors affecting tick burden on roe deer.
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spelling pubmed-28981092010-07-29 Tick burden on European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) Vor, Torsten Kiffner, Christian Hagedorn, Peter Niedrig, Matthias Rühe, Ferdinand Exp Appl Acarol Article In our study we assessed the tick burden on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) in relation to age, physical condition, sex, deer density and season. The main objective was to find predictive parameters for tick burden. In September 2007, May, July, and September 2008, and in May and July 2009 we collected ticks on 142 culled roe deer from nine forest departments in Southern Hesse, Germany. To correlate tick burden and deer density we estimated deer density using line transect sampling that accounts for different detectability in March 2008 and 2009, respectively. We collected more than 8,600 ticks from roe deer heads and necks, 92.6% of which were Ixodes spp., 7.4% Dermacentor spp. Among Ixodes, 3.3% were larvae, 50.5% nymphs, 34.8% females and 11.4% males, with significant seasonal deviation. Total tick infestation was high, with considerable individual variation (from 0 to 270 ticks/deer). Adult tick burden was positively correlated with roe deer body indices (body mass, age, hind foot length). Significantly more nymphs were found on deer from forest departments with high roe deer density indices, indicating a positive correlation with deer abundance. Overall, tick burden was highly variable. Seasonality and large scale spatial characteristics appeared to be the most important factors affecting tick burden on roe deer. Springer Netherlands 2010-01-23 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2898109/ /pubmed/20099011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-010-9337-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20099011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-010-9337-0
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