Sampling fleas: The reliability of host infestation data

B. R. Krasnov; I. S. Khokhlova; G. I. Shenbrot

doi:10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00500.x

Sampling fleas: The reliability of host infestation data

B. R. Krasnov, I. S. Khokhlova, G. I. Shenbrot

Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR)

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Abstract

The use of measures of host infestation as a reliable indicator of a flea population size to be used in interspecific comparisons was considered. The abundance of fleas collected from host bodies and collected from host burrows was compared among 55 flea species, controlling for the effect of flea phylogeny. The mean number of fleas on host bodies correlated positively with the mean number of fleas in host burrows/nests both when the entire data pool was analysed and for separate subsets of data on 'fur' fleas and 'nest' fleas. This was also true for a within-host (Microtus californicus) between-flea comparison. The results of this study demonstrate that, in general, the index of host body infestation by fleas can be used reliably as an indicator of the entire population size.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	232-240
Number of pages	9
Journal	Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00500.x
State	Published - 1 Sep 2004

Keywords

Fleas
Host body
Host burrow
Rodents
Sampling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Parasitology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
General Veterinary
Insect Science

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