Cleaning Interactions Between Crows and Sika Deer: Implications for Tick‐Borne Disease Management DOI Creative Commons
Kanji Tomita,

Hiroyuki Matsuyama

Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(2)

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Cleaning interactions between mammals and birds have been widely observed worldwide. Here, we report cleaning sika deer crows in Japan, based on a field observations using camera traps online research. Online research was performed social media platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, personal blogs. We finally collected 27 cases of associations crows. Crows associated with male more than female mainly pecked their heads or necks, suggesting that remove Ixodid ticks from the deer's surface. Given are vectors several zoonotic pathogens Rickettsia Borrelia spp., further studies should be conducted to examine roles biocontrol agents tick‐borne diseases.

Language: Английский

Cleaning Interactions Between Crows and Sika Deer: Implications for Tick‐Borne Disease Management DOI Creative Commons
Kanji Tomita,

Hiroyuki Matsuyama

Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(2)

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Cleaning interactions between mammals and birds have been widely observed worldwide. Here, we report cleaning sika deer crows in Japan, based on a field observations using camera traps online research. Online research was performed social media platforms such as X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, personal blogs. We finally collected 27 cases of associations crows. Crows associated with male more than female mainly pecked their heads or necks, suggesting that remove Ixodid ticks from the deer's surface. Given are vectors several zoonotic pathogens Rickettsia Borrelia spp., further studies should be conducted to examine roles biocontrol agents tick‐borne diseases.

Language: Английский

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