Reducing tick burdens on chicks by treating breeding female grouse with permethrin

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 468-472

  Mougeot, Francois ^a,b   Moseley, Mark ^c   Leckie, Fiona ^d   Martinez Padilla, Jesus ^a   Miller, Allen ^e   Pounds, Mat ^e   Irvine, R Justin ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c Dukes Veterinary Practice   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e Knipling Bushland   (United States)

^f SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acaracide treatment; Experiment; Ixodes ricinus; Lagopus lagopus; Louping ill virus; Permethrin; Red grouse

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DISEASE VECTOR; GAMEBIRD; PERMETHRIN; PEST CONTROL; TICK;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LOUPING ILL VIRUS; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; TETRAONIDAE; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 39449112368     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-111     Document Type: Article

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