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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Main Author: Axel Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 2010-08-01
Series:Soil Organisms
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Online Access:https://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/228