| can acaricide-impregnated leg bands fitted to female red grouse reduce sheep tick parasitization of chicks and increase chick survival? | in parts of northern england, north wales and the scottish highlands, increasing numbers of sheep ticks ixodes ricinus (ixodida: ixodidae), and the louping ill virus they can carry, are considered to be important factors that reduce red grouse lagopus lagopus scotica productivity. the present study tested this hypothesis by fitting adult female grouse with leg bands impregnated with the acaricide cypermethrin to experimentally control ticks on their chicks on two managed grouse moors in northeas ... | 2016 | 27377883 |