Sentence examples for high tick loads from inspiring English sources

Conversely, high tick loads were observed during handlings.

Thus, lizards that were exposed to high cross-infection risk also had high tick loads.

Another study showed that lizards with high tick loads move shorter distances in a day (Main and Bull 2000).

Lack of tick control measures on animals grazed in infested areas and the poor animal husbandry practices may be other factors for the observed high tick loads.

Nevertheless, here, we argue that in the sleepy lizard high node connectivity is more likely to lead to high tick loads.

Increased serum total protein concentration may reflect increased serum immunoglobulins (antibodies anti- C. pseudotuberculosis) and platelet counts may increase as a result of wounds caused by extremely high tick loads.

Highly connected lizards that frequently used their neighbors' refuges were characterized by higher tick loads.

We predicted that individuals with higher in-strength would be more prone to parasitic infection, resulting in higher tick loads.

Lizards that frequently used the same refuges as their neighbors were exposed to high cross-infection risk and suffered higher tick loads.

Lizards that were highly connected in the network were more prone to parasitic infection, which was reflected by higher tick loads.

This is consistent with the report that sleepy lizards have increased tick loads after periods of high temperatures when multiple lizards repeatedly share the same cool temperature mammal burrows (Kerr and Bull 2006b).