Comparison ecological characteristics of mound-building mouse (mus spicilegus) in two natural hotbeds of tularemia at North-West coast of the Black sea Cover Image

Сравнительная экологическая характеристика мыши курганчиковой (mus spicilegus) в двух природных очагах туляремии северо-западного причерноморья
Comparison ecological characteristics of mound-building mouse (mus spicilegus) in two natural hotbeds of tularemia at North-West coast of the Black sea

Author(s): І. T. Rusev, V. N. Zakusylo, A. A. Ovcharov
Subject(s): Human Ecology, Sociobiology
Published by: Дніпропетровський національний університет імені Олеся Гончара
Keywords: ecology; mus spicilegus;

Summary/Abstract: The analysis of ecology-epizootic monitoring of North-West coast of the Black sea carried out in wintering seasons of 2004, 2005 and 2011 testifies the basic role of the Mound-building mouse (Mus spicilegus Petenyi, 1882) as a carrier of Francisella tularensis. Spatial distribution of the Mound-building mouse strongly dependson a biotope, geographical region and weather conditions of a specific season. Mice nests in the storage mounds are located normally at a depth of 20–40 cm under the food storage chamber. Average number of the mice in storage mounds is 3.08 ± 1.54 in the south of investigated region and 3.88 ± 2.63 – in the NE of the region.

  • Issue Year: 19/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 89-100
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian