2013
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3343-1
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Abstract: Ticks consume resources from their hosts shaping their life-history traits and are vectors of many zoonotic pathogens. Several studies have focused on the health effects of blood-sucking ectoparasites on avian hosts, but there is limited information on the effects of ticks on adult and sub-adult birds, which may actively avoid ticks and are likely to present low infestation intensities. We evaluated the effects of the presence of feeding ticks and intensity of infestation on health variables of avian hosts. We… Show more

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“…2011; Stricker and Johnson 2011; Norte et al . 2013). These pathogens are now documented in the northeastern, mid‐Atlantic, north‐central and western Pacific coasts of the United States, as well as in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia (Burgdorfer and Keirans 1983; Bacon et al .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2011; Stricker and Johnson 2011; Norte et al . 2013). These pathogens are now documented in the northeastern, mid‐Atlantic, north‐central and western Pacific coasts of the United States, as well as in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia (Burgdorfer and Keirans 1983; Bacon et al .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For each bird species, four individuals were infested with 11–12 B. afzelii -infected I. ricinus nymphs that had been randomly selected from the pool of available nymphs. These tick loads are within the range observed in field-captured birds2469707172. Nymphs were placed underneath the crown feathers on the right side of the head above the eye using moistened tweezers, as described in ref.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 77%
“…The Eurasian blackbird is frequently infested with tens of immature I. ricinus ticks246970. The great tits in our Belgian study population frequently carry high burdens of immature I. ricinus ticks (maximum number of larvae = 40; nymphs = 17)7172.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 90%
“…Positive associations between blood parasites and other parasite types, with different transmission modes, especially ectoparasites, have not been commonly found in nature. Kleindorfer et al (2006) and Norte et al (2013) found no association between blood parasite infection and tick infestation loads, possibly due to different branches of the immune system acting against different parasites; also, these associations may only be detectable at high infection rates. But Telfer et al (2010) revealed that infections by cowpox virus (directly transmitted), Babesia microti (tick-transmitted), Bartonella spp.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%