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The Number of Louse Eggs on Wild Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) Varies with Age, but Not with Sex or Season

During grooming, primates remove harmful ectoparasites, such as ticks and lice, and there is direct evidence for a health benefit of tick removal. Grooming behaviors differ among primates with respect to age and sex. Moreover, the number of ectoparasite may exhibit seasonal variation. Therefore the...

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Publicado en:Int J Primatol
Main Authors: Ishii, Naomi, Kato, Takuya, Uno, Taiki, Tanaka, Ichirou, Kajigaya, Hiroshi, Hayama, Shin-ichi
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Springer US 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5730623/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29263565
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-9998-1
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