Birds and mammals play a pivotal role in the life cycles of certain parasites, acting as essential hosts that facilitate the parasites' development and propagation. When cercariae, a larval stage of these parasites, come into contact with a suitable bird o...
In the United Kingdom, Lyme disease is carried by the sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus. This tick can also feed on deer and other wild mammals and birds. The tick prefers to live in woods, heath and moorland, although it does not occur exclusively in these habit...
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