Title: | Disruption of pregnancy in rabbits serving as hosts for feeding ticks |
Author(s): | Daniel JC; Sonenshine DE; Juneja SC; |
Address: | "Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA" |
DOI: | 10.1016/0093-691x(88)90283-x |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0093-691X (Print) 0093-691X (Linking) |
Abstract: | "The effect of tick infestation on reproductive success of mammals was studied by using rabbits bred after they had served as hosts for Dermacentor variabilis . Mating success, pregnancy incidence, litter size and neonatal viability were reduced in tick-exposed rabbits, and the proportional number of abnormalities found in preimplantation-stage embryos was much higher than in unexposed controls. Fecundity was restored by prolonging the interval between tick exposure and breeding or by treatment with an acaricide" |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEDaniel, J C Jr Sonenshine, D E Juneja, S C eng 1988/12/01 Theriogenology. 1988 Dec; 30(6):1087-92. doi: 10.1016/0093-691x(88)90283-x" |