Rising burden of immature sheep ticks (Ixodes ricinus) on red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) chicks in the Scottish uplands

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-70

  Kirby, A D ^a,b   Smith, A A ^b   Benton, T G ^c   Hudson, P J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Marine Sciences School of Biological Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphas; Ectoparasites; Ixodes ricinus; Lagopus lagopus scoticus; Moorland; Red deer; Red grouse; Scotland; Scottish uplands; Sheep ticks; Tick burden

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAMEBIRD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; TICK; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; IXODES; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; IXODES; LINEAR MODELS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; AVES; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; GALLIFORMES; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; PHASIANIDAE; TETRAONIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 1642394300     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.0479.x     Document Type: Article

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