Tick infestation (Ixodes) on feral mink (Neovison vison) in central Germany
Four species of ticks (I. hexagonus, I. rugicollis, I. canisuga, I. ricinus) were found to infest feral American mink (Neovison vison) in central Germany. About 45 % of all investigated mink were infested. The most common tick species on mink was I. hexagonus. The prevalence = infestation extensity...
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Language: | English |
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Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
2010-08-01
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Series: | Soil Organisms |
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Online Access: | https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/228 |