Identifying disease reservoirs in complex systems: mountain hares as reservoirs of ticks and louping-ill virus, pathogens of red grouse

• Published in: Journal of Animal Ecology
• Main Authors: Laurenson, M Karen, Norman, Rachel, Gilbert, Lucy, Reid, Hugh W, Hudson, Peter J
• Other Authors: University of Stirling, Mathematics, The Moredun Research Institute, orcid:0000-0002-7398-6064
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2003
• Subjects: disease reservoir; Ixodes ricinus; louping-ill virus; mountain hare; red grouse; tick; Hen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/7710; https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00688.x; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00688.x/abstract?systemMessage=Wiley+Online+Library+will+be+disrupted+on+9+June+from+10%3A00-12%3A00+BST+%2805%3A00-07%3A00+EDT%29+for+essential+maintenance; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/7710/1/j.1365-2656.2003.00688.x.pdf

1. We examined the role of mountain hares in the louping-ill virus/Ixodes ricinus tick system to determine whether hares were reservoirs of these pathogens for red grouse. A field experiment, which involved reducing mountain hare densities was undertaken and changes in tick abundance, louping-ill vi...