Sentences with phrase «deer keds»

In Finland, the parasite is regarded as a major obstacle to people's enjoyment of nature during the autumn when it swarms, and there are reports of increasing numbers of cases of skin inflammation in people bitten by deer keds.

These are the results of new research into how deer keds are spreading in Southeast Norway.

A high moose population density and mild autumn weather result in a higher prevalence of deer keds (louse fly parasite).

These findings indicate that moose are a reservoir for Bartonella spp. and that deer keds act as vectors for Bartonella bacteria infections.

Knut Madslien has monitored the spread pattern of deer keds in Fennoscandia, produced a description of pathological hair loss in moose in Southeast Norway in 2006/7 and studied environmental factors which can be favourable for the parasite and possible pathogens in the deer ked and its host.

«Blood - sucking deer keds are spreading in Norway.»

Madslien points to a clear positive connection between the amount of pine forest in the habitat of the moose and the infestation intensity of deer keds in the coats of the moose.

Measuring the stress hormone cortisol in the moose's coat was used as a method for appraising the long - term effect of the deer ked on the health and welfare of moose, but Madslien found that in general, there was little connection between the number of deer keds, the weight of moose at the time of slaughter and the level of cortisol in the hair.