[Distance orientation of the tick Ixodes persulcatus to the attractant factors of the prey].
The laboratory and field tests have shown that the odour is the main factor which activates ticks (Ixodes persulcatus) attraction to the host. Ticks have a sensation of a man on 15 metres distance; the number of activated ticks increases with the distance to the host and depends on the wind direction. The infrared radiation source excites only a short time activation of the ticks on 0.5-1.0 metres distance. Mechanic and sound stimulations were found to be uneffective for the ticks in the experiment.
D000388:Air; D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009833:Olfactory Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D009949:Orientation; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012903:Smell; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D013696:Temperature; D013987:Ticks / Q000502:physiology*
D002245:Carbon Dioxide
Distantnaia orientatsiia kleshcheĭ Ixodes persulcatus na privlekaiushchie faktory dobychi