| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1970 |
| Authors: | D. L. Lodmell, Bell, J. F., Clifford, C. M., Moore, G. J., Raymong, G. |
| Journal: | Experimental Parasitology |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pagination: | 184 - 192 |
| Date Published: | 1970 |
| Keywords: | Beziehung zum Wirt, polyplax serrata, Rodentia., Troester |
| Abstract: | Amputee mice subjected to the stressful conditions of a continually disturbed hierarchy developed excessive louse infestations. These infestations apparently were the result of a reduction in mutual grooming. In contrast, mutual grooming, among amputee mice in stable hierarchies maintained the louse infestation at an essentially nonexistent level. Additional evidence for the stressful conditions in the disturbed hierarchies was an eosinopenia among ♂ mice and an approximate 50% decrease in the percentage of pregnancies and relative lack of ovulatory activity in ♀ mice, as compared to that of mice in the stable hierarchies. |