Chigger mite (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) infestation in reed passerine birds in Central Europe: a case of the bearded tit Panurus biarmicus
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F23%3A00566516" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/23:00566516 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/chigger-mite-acariformes-trombiculidae-infestation-in-reed-passerine-birds-in-central-europe-a-case-of-the-bearded-tit-panurus-biarmicus/9E186F57A419B5BC5D0591C4AC492E2C" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/chigger-mite-acariformes-trombiculidae-infestation-in-reed-passerine-birds-in-central-europe-a-case-of-the-bearded-tit-panurus-biarmicus/9E186F57A419B5BC5D0591C4AC492E2C</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182022001731" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0031182022001731</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Chigger mite (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) infestation in reed passerine birds in Central Europe: a case of the bearded tit Panurus biarmicus
Original language description
Larval trombiculid (chigger) mites are common ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates including humans, causing itching and skin inflammation known as trombiculiasis. Investigating their diversity, distribution, and seasonal abundance is therefore important from a veterinary and public health point of view. Although researchers have paid increased attention to these parasites in recent years, there is still little ecological data available on chiggers associated with birds inhabiting different types of habitats such as wetlands, for example. In 2021, we investigated the mite fauna in a specialist reedbed passerine, the bearded tit (Panurus biarmicus), and their effects on this host in the south-west Slovakia, Central Europe. A total of 1134 larvae of one mite species Blankaartia acuscutellaris were found in 99 out of 267 examined bearded tits. Juveniles were more infested than adult birds, but no differences were found between sexes. The larvae of mites first appeared on the host during the second half of June and peaked in the second half of July. After that, their numbers decreased gradually until October. Despite the relatively high prevalence and intensity of mite infestation in the bearded tit, no differences in body condition between infested and uninfested birds suggest that infestation by B. acuscutellaris may not have serious negative effects on the host health. Bearded tits can therefore be a reliable indicator of the presence of the chigger mites in wetland habitats.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Parasitology
ISSN
0031-1820
e-ISSN
1469-8161
Volume of the periodical
150
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
212-220
UT code for WoS article
000912196000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85144910940