Ecology and EvolutionEctoparasites may negatively affect their hosts throughout life, especially during breeding and other energetically demanding periods. In birds, feather‐feeding ectoparasites may reduce host condition and performance during seasonal migrations.
Maciej Bartos +7 more
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Host Co-Occurrence and Population Size Explain Genetic Differentiation and Diversity in Seal Lice. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT We studied the drivers of population‐genetic structuring and genetic diversity in specialist parasites based on whole‐genome resequencing data from 82 Echinophthirius horridus seal louse individuals sampled from 12 ecologically and behaviourally different phocine seal species, subspecies and populations across the Holarctic.
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Chewing lice Trichodectes pinguis pinguis in Scandinavian brown bears (Ursus arctos) [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2016 In April 2014 and 2015, we noted localized alopecia (neck, forelimbs, and chest) and hyperpigmentation on two adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) captured in central-south Sweden for ecological studies under the Scandinavian Brown Bear Research Project.
Núria Fandos Esteruelas +8 more
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A descriptive-taxonomic study of two types of lice isolated from goats in the Basrah Governorate, Iraq [PDF]
Open Veterinary JournalBackground: Pediculosis is an infestation of warm-blooded animals, and it is an important economic problem for various livestock and poultry hosts. Lice are termed direct parasites because they produce skin imperfections at tanneries because of the ...
Suzan A. Al-Azizz +2 more
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Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos SocABSTRACTAnimal medical systems encompass a wide range of behaviours aimed at maintaining or improving health. It has become clear that these behaviours are not limited to animals treating themselves (self‐medication) but also include the treatment of group members, resulting in the adoption of the more inclusive term “animal medication”. Behaviour with
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Diversity of lice and flea- and lice-borne pathogens in free-ranging dogs in Uzbekistan. [PDF]
Med Vet EntomolLice (Trichodectes canis, Linognathus africanus and Bovicola bovis) and fleas were collected from dogs across five regions of Uzbekistan and subjected to molecular analysis. Molecular screening detected Dipylidium caninum and Bartonella spp. in fleas, while Rickettsia spp. were identified in both fleas and lice.
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Low levels of chicken body louse (Menacanthus stramineus) infestations affect chicken welfare in a cage-free housing system [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground The chicken body louse is an obligate ectoparasite of domestic chickens. Chicken body lice feed on feathers, and infestation with this louse is linked to decreases in egg production, hen weight, and feed conversion efficiency.
Amy C. Murillo +4 more
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Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) species of wild birds in northwestern Turkey with a new host record [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2013 Oya Girisgin +2 more
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Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) on a wild Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) and a zoo-kept Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) in Tyrol, Austria [PDF]
Parasitology ResearchHans-Peter Fuehrer +2 more
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New records of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) parasites of Brazilian Anhimidae, Threskiornithidae, and Aramidae (Aves) [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2023 We present records of chewing lice collected from bird skins of the families Anhimidae, Threskiornithidae, and Aramidae deposited at the Museum of Zoology of University of São Paulo (MZUSP).
Kamila M.D. Kuabara +2 more
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