Back from Exile? First Records of Chewing Lice (<i>Lutridia exilis</i>; Ischnocera; Mallophaga) in Growing Eurasian Otter (<i>Lutra lutra</i>) Populations from Northern Germany

Back from Exile? First Records of Chewing Lice (<i>Lutridia exilis</i>; Ischnocera; Mallophaga) in Growing Eurasian Otter (<i>Lutra lutra</i>) Populations from Northern Germany

Arthropod ectoparasites of aquatic wildlife often have complex relationships with their host species that have developed over long evolutionary time scales. Specialist parasite occurrence might depend on these hosts’ distributions. Eurasian otter (<i>Lutra lutra</i>) populations are reco...

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Main Authors: Simon Rohner, Joy Ometere Boyi, Valentina Artemeva, Olaf Zinke, Astrid Kiendl, Ursula Siebert, Kristina Lehnert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:Pathogens
Subjects:
<i>Lutridia exilis</i>
eurasian otter
specialist parasites
population health
biodiversity
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/4/587

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