Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.

Title: The occurrence of ixodid ticks on wild mink Mustela visonin England and Wales.
Authors: PAGE, R. J. C.; LANGTON, S. D.
Abstract: . Four species of ticks found to infest 1391 American mink (Mustela vison)in Britain in five years were, in declining order of frequency, Ixodes hexagonus, Ixodes canisuga, Ixodes ricinusand Ixodes acuminatus. Ixodes hexagonusand I.canisugaoccurred on 40% and 2.5% of mink respectively. Infestation rates (the proportion of infested mink) of adult females, nymphs and larvae were similar and tended to be lower in summer. The distribution of infestation size (the number of ticks per host) for adult females describes a negative binomial. The mean infestation size of nymphs varied with the sex of the host and was 5.2 for males and 4.2 for females. Mink are competent hosts for /. hexagonus.
Publication: Medical & Veterinary Entomology, 1996, Vol 10, Issue 4, p359
ISSN: 0269-283X
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00757.x

We found a match

The occurrence of ixodid ticks on wild mink Mustela visonin England and Wales.