Seasonal infestation of birds with immature stages of Ixodes
ricinus and Ixodes arboricola

J 2017

Seasonal infestation of birds with immature stages of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes arboricola

KOCIANOVÁ, Elena, Veronika RUSŇÁKOVÁ TARAGEĽOVÁ, Danka HARUŠTIAKOVÁ and Eva ŠPITALSKÁ

Basic information

Original name

Seasonal infestation of birds with immature stages of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes arboricola

Authors

KOCIANOVÁ, Elena (703 Slovakia), Veronika RUSŇÁKOVÁ TARAGEĽOVÁ (703 Slovakia), Danka HARUŠTIAKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Eva ŠPITALSKÁ (703 Slovakia)

Edition

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Jena, Elsevier GmbH, 2017, 1877-959X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30303 Infectious Diseases

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.612

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/17:00096323

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.01.006

UT WoS

000395213600015

Keywords in English

Birds; Coinfection; Ixodes arboricola; Ixodes ricinus; Larva; Nymph

Abstract

V originále

This study assessed the parasitization of cavity-nesting birds and ground-nesting/foraging birds with larvae and nymphs of two Ixodes species, Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes arboricola. Totals of 679 (52.3%) I. ricinus and 619 (47.7%) I. arboricola ticks were collected from 15 species of passerine birds which were caught during the nesting and non-nesting periods of 2003–2006, in the south-eastern part of the Czech Republic, the Drahanská Vrchovina Uplands. In the non-nesting period from October to March, 6.8% (101/1492) of birds were infested with ticks, mainly with I. arboricola larvae. In the non-nesting period, the average intensity of infestation by I. arboricola and I. ricinus was 8.5 and 1.5 individuals per infested bird, respectively. In the nesting period from April to June, 21.6% (50/232) of birds were infested by both tick species but mainly with I. ricinus nymphs. The average intensity of infestation by I. ricinus and I. arboricola was 13.3 and 10.8 individuals per infested bird, respectively. Altogether, 23.2% of the infested birds were parasitized by both immature life stages of one or both tick species. From an enzootic perspective, co-feeding and co-infestation of I. ricinus and I. arboricola subadults on passerine birds might happen and may be important for the dissemination of tick-borne agents.

Citovat

KOCIANOVÁ, Elena, Veronika RUSŇÁKOVÁ TARAGEĽOVÁ, Danka HARUŠTIAKOVÁ and Eva ŠPITALSKÁ. Seasonal infestation of birds with immature stages of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes arboricola. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. Jena: Elsevier GmbH, 2017, vol. 8, No 3, p. 423-431. ISSN 1877-959X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.01.006.

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N2  - This study assessed the parasitization of cavity-nesting birds and ground-nesting/foraging birds with larvae and nymphs of two Ixodes species, Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes arboricola. Totals of 679 (52.3%) I. ricinus and 619 (47.7%) I. arboricola ticks were collected from 15 species of passerine birds which were caught during the nesting and non-nesting periods of 2003–2006, in the south-eastern part of the Czech Republic, the Drahanská Vrchovina Uplands. In the non-nesting period from October to March, 6.8% (101/1492) of birds were infested with ticks, mainly with I. arboricola larvae. In the non-nesting period, the average intensity of infestation by I. arboricola and I. ricinus was 8.5 and 1.5 individuals per infested bird, respectively. In the nesting period from April to June, 21.6% (50/232) of birds were infested by both tick species but mainly with I. ricinus nymphs. The average intensity of infestation by I. ricinus and I. arboricola was 13.3 and 10.8 individuals per infested bird, respectively. Altogether, 23.2% of the infested birds were parasitized by both immature life stages of one or both tick species. From an enzootic perspective, co-feeding and co-infestation of I. ricinus and I. arboricola subadults on passerine birds might happen and may be important for the dissemination of tick-borne agents.
ER  -

KOCIANOVÁ, Elena, Veronika RUSŇÁKOVÁ TARAGEĽOVÁ, Danka HARUŠTIAKOVÁ and Eva ŠPITALSKÁ. Seasonal infestation of birds with immature stages of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes arboricola. \textit{Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases}. Jena: Elsevier GmbH, 2017, vol.~8, No~3, p.~423-431. ISSN~1877-959X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.01.006.

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