| Titre : | A non-invasive technique to bleed incubating birds without trapping: a blood-sucking bug in a hollow egg |
| Auteurs : | P. H. Becker, Auteur ; C. C. Voigt, Auteur ; J. M. Arnold, Auteur ; R. Nagel, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Journal of Ornithology (147(1) JAN 2006) |
| Article en page(s) : | 115-118 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | We describe a non-invasive technique to obtain blood samples from incubating birds without trapping and handling. A larval instar of the blood-sucking bug Dipetalogaster maximus (Heteroptera) was put in a hollowed artificial egg which was placed in a common tern (Sterna hirundo) nest. A gauze-covered hole in the egg allowed the bug to draw blood from the brood patch of breeding adults. We successfully collected |



