Bioenergetic consequences of alopecia induced by Dermacentor albipictus (Acari: Ixodidae) on moose

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Welch, D.A.
  • Hudson, R.J.
  • Samuel, W.M.

• Fasting metabolic rates, respiration rates, respiratory minute volumes, and fasted weights were measured on three yearling moose (Alces alces (L.)) (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) infested with 50,000 winter ticks, Dermacentor albipictus (Packard) (Acari: Ixodidae), and on two uninfested controls. Infestations produced no detectable effects on fasting metabolic rates or weight changes. The influence of tick-induced alopecia on lower critical temperatures could not be assessed because of warm temperatures during the winter and spring trials. Destruction of winter hair accompanied a reduction in respiratory minute volumes and respiration rates of heat-stressed moose.

• Date created

  1990

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Arachnida
  • Moose
  • Alopecia
  • Dermacentor albipictus

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3G44HR7J

• License

  © 1990 Entomological Society of America. This article is the copyright property of the Entomological Society of America and may not be used for any commercial or other private purpose without specific written permission of the Entomological Society of America.