The incidence of the tick parasite Ixodes uriaein Kittiwake Rissa tridactylacolonies in relation to the age of the colony, and a mechanism of infecting new colonies
Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla (683 chicks and 64 adults) were examined for ectoparasites in three breeding areas: Isle of May (Firth of Forth, Scotland; eight colonies of approximately known age of occupation on natural sites), North Shields and Gateshead (Tyne and Wear, England; well established colo...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1992.tb08390.x 2024-09-15T18:32:25+00:00 The incidence of the tick parasite Ixodes uriaein Kittiwake Rissa tridactylacolonies in relation to the age of the colony, and a mechanism of infecting new colonies DANCHIN, E. 1992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1992.tb08390.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1992.tb08390.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1992.tb08390.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ibis volume 134, issue 2, page 134-141 ISSN 0019-1019 1474-919X journal-article 1992 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1992.tb08390.x 2024-06-25T04:12:15Z Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla (683 chicks and 64 adults) were examined for ectoparasites in three breeding areas: Isle of May (Firth of Forth, Scotland; eight colonies of approximately known age of occupation on natural sites), North Shields and Gateshead (Tyne and Wear, England; well established colonies of known age on buildings). All the 208 ticks collected were Ixodes uriae. On the Isle of May, a colony which had only been established for 7 years was already infested by ticks. Tick incidence increased significantly with the length of colonization of the area during the first 30 years. Age of colonization did not have an effect after 30 years. In Gateshead only a single adult among the 127 birds examined had a tick. No ticks were found on the 106 chicks born at North Shields checked in 1987 or in 1988. However, among nine visiting newly‐fledged chicks from neighbouring colonies caught at the North Shields colony, six had either ticks or scars of previous infestation. Some visiting chicks remained for several days in the host colony and were even fed by the owners of visited nests. Ixodes uriae may thus spread from one colony to another during visits of newly‐fledged infested chicks to neighbouring colonies. The absence of any infestation in old colonies (38 years in North Shields and 17 years in Gateshead) on buildings that are regularly visited by newly fledged infested chicks, suggests that buildings may lack the rock refuges necessary for tick survival from one year to the next. In this respect Kittiwake colonies on buildings are rather atypical. Article in Journal/Newspaper rissa tridactyla Wiley Online Library Ibis 134 2 134 141 |
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Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla (683 chicks and 64 adults) were examined for ectoparasites in three breeding areas: Isle of May (Firth of Forth, Scotland; eight colonies of approximately known age of occupation on natural sites), North Shields and Gateshead (Tyne and Wear, England; well established colonies of known age on buildings). All the 208 ticks collected were Ixodes uriae. On the Isle of May, a colony which had only been established for 7 years was already infested by ticks. Tick incidence increased significantly with the length of colonization of the area during the first 30 years. Age of colonization did not have an effect after 30 years. In Gateshead only a single adult among the 127 birds examined had a tick. No ticks were found on the 106 chicks born at North Shields checked in 1987 or in 1988. However, among nine visiting newly‐fledged chicks from neighbouring colonies caught at the North Shields colony, six had either ticks or scars of previous infestation. Some visiting chicks remained for several days in the host colony and were even fed by the owners of visited nests. Ixodes uriae may thus spread from one colony to another during visits of newly‐fledged infested chicks to neighbouring colonies. The absence of any infestation in old colonies (38 years in North Shields and 17 years in Gateshead) on buildings that are regularly visited by newly fledged infested chicks, suggests that buildings may lack the rock refuges necessary for tick survival from one year to the next. In this respect Kittiwake colonies on buildings are rather atypical. |
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DANCHIN, E. The incidence of the tick parasite Ixodes uriaein Kittiwake Rissa tridactylacolonies in relation to the age of the colony, and a mechanism of infecting new colonies |
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The incidence of the tick parasite Ixodes uriaein Kittiwake Rissa tridactylacolonies in relation to the age of the colony, and a mechanism of infecting new colonies |
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The incidence of the tick parasite Ixodes uriaein Kittiwake Rissa tridactylacolonies in relation to the age of the colony, and a mechanism of infecting new colonies |
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The incidence of the tick parasite Ixodes uriaein Kittiwake Rissa tridactylacolonies in relation to the age of the colony, and a mechanism of infecting new colonies |
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The incidence of the tick parasite Ixodes uriaein Kittiwake Rissa tridactylacolonies in relation to the age of the colony, and a mechanism of infecting new colonies |
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The incidence of the tick parasite Ixodes uriaein Kittiwake Rissa tridactylacolonies in relation to the age of the colony, and a mechanism of infecting new colonies |
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incidence of the tick parasite ixodes uriaein kittiwake rissa tridactylacolonies in relation to the age of the colony, and a mechanism of infecting new colonies |
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