Open Access
How to translate text using browser tools
1 January 1978 VULNERABILITY OF BOT FLY (Cuterebra) INFECTED Peromyscus maniculatus TO SHORTTAIL WEASEL PREDATION IN THE LABORATORY
DONALD H. SMITH
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

In the laboratory, Peromyscus bearing a single Cuterebra larva are no more vulnerable to weasel predation than are uninfected control mice, and may be taken less often under certain conditions. Mice bearing two or more larvae appear to be more vulnerable than either controls or singly infected mice. Their increased vulnerability probably results from their failure to use arboreal pathways. Decreased activity may be responsible for the relative advantage of singly infected mice. Previous reports of higher survivorship among mice with a single bot parasite than among uninfected mice, and of lower survivorship among multiply infected mice, may result in part from differential predation rates.

SMITH: VULNERABILITY OF BOT FLY (Cuterebra) INFECTED Peromyscus maniculatus TO SHORTTAIL WEASEL PREDATION IN THE LABORATORY
DONALD H. SMITH "VULNERABILITY OF BOT FLY (Cuterebra) INFECTED Peromyscus maniculatus TO SHORTTAIL WEASEL PREDATION IN THE LABORATORY," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 14(1), 40-51, (1 January 1978). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.1.40
Received: 15 July 1977; Published: 1 January 1978
Back to Top