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Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp.
Volume 65, Number 1, 1990
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Page(s) | 32 - 36 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1990651032 | |
Published online | 18 August 2016 |
Mémoire
Immunity against female Ixodes ricinus L.: effect on feeding and haemoglobin digestion
Immunité contre les tiques Ixodes ricinus. L. femelles : effet sur le repas et la digestion de l’hémoglobine
Institut de Zoologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Chantemerle 22, CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Suisse
Accepted: 7 November 1989
Rabbits have been infested 3 times with 10 females and 10 males Ixodes ricinus. Immunity which is acquired when ticks feed on naive rabbits (first infestation) perturbs tick feeding on reinfested animals (third infestation). Then ticks ingest less blood (p < 0.001). Blood meal digestion in also altered. It was estimated by measuring haemoglobin concentration in ixodid midgut during 20 days after their drop off. After the first infestation this concentration decreases linearly with time (
This observation was corroborated by an analysis of multiple regression. Haemoglobin concentration of tick midgut only correlates with time after a first infestation (
Résumé
Des lapins ont été infestés à 3 reprises par 10 femelles et 10 mâles d’Ixodes ricinus. L’immunité acquise durant la première infestation pertube le repas des tiques nourries lors d’une réinfestation (3e infestation). Les ectoparasites prélèvent alors moins de sang (p < 0,001) et le digèrent plus difficilement. Ainsi la concentration de l’hémoglobine intestinale décroît linéairement après une primoinfestation (
Cette constatation est corroborée par les résultats d’une analyse de régression multiple. La concentration d’hémoglobine intestinale ne corrèle avec le temps qu’après une primo-infestation (
Key words: Tick / Ixodes ricinus / Immunity / Rabbit / Haemoglobin digestion
Mots clés : Tique / Ixodes ricinus / Lapin / Immunité / Digestion de l’hémoglobine
© Masson, Paris 1990, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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