caa a22 4500 469061227 CHVBK 20180323132858.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19921001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01246568 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01246568 An evaluation of the effectivity of the scrub technique in quantitative ectoparasite ecology [Elektronische Daten] [Peet van Dyk, Andrew McKenzie] The effectivity of the scrub technique used in quantitative parasite ecology to collect ectoparasites from mammalian skins was evaluated. This was done by reprocessing already scrubbed skins with the alkali digestion technique to remove any remaining parasites. The skins of six adult impala (Aepyceros melampus) ewes were used in the study. The results showed that the scrub technique is variable in its effectivity, and on average removed only 30.2% ectoparasites from the skins. It was also shown that the scrub technique is unreliable and more labour intensive and time consuming than the digestion technique, and should preferably not be used in quantitative studies. Elsevier Science Publishers B. V, 1992 van Dyk Peet Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, 0002, Pretoria, South Africa aut McKenzie Andrew Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, 0002, Pretoria, South Africa aut Experimental & Applied Acarology Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/4(1992-10-01), 271-283 0168-8162 15:4<271 1992 15 10493 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01246568 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01246568 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van Dyk Peet Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, 0002, Pretoria, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McKenzie Andrew Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria, 0002, Pretoria, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experimental & Applied Acarology Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/4(1992-10-01), 271-283 0168-8162 15:4<271 1992 15 10493 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer