MORTALITY IN FLEDGLING GREAT HORNED OWLS FROM BLACK FLY HEMATOPHAGA AND LEUCOCYTOZOONOSIS

Authors
HUNTER DB ROHNER C CURRIE DC
Citation
Db. Hunter et al., MORTALITY IN FLEDGLING GREAT HORNED OWLS FROM BLACK FLY HEMATOPHAGA AND LEUCOCYTOZOONOSIS, Journal of wildlife diseases, 33(3), 1997, pp. 486-491
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of wildlife diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903558
Volume
33
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
486 - 491
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(1997)33:3<486:MIFGHO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Black fly feeding alone and in concert with Leucocytozoon spp. infecti on caused mortality in fledgling great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) in the Yukon, Canada 1990 to 1991. These mortalities occurred during a year of food shortage corresponding with a decline in the population of snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), the main prey for great horned ow ls. We hypothesize an interaction between food availability and the co nsequences of host-parasite interactions.