36. The Health and Parasites of a Wild Mouse Population.

Abstract

S ummary . The trapping of wild mice in sufficient numbers to provide adequate material for routine examinations from month to month is exceedingly laborious, and forms more than half the labour of such an investigation. Of the three common British mice, the Long‐tailed Field‐mouse or Wood‐mouse ( Apodemus sylvaticus ) was chosen as the main object of study. The technique of trapping is described, and also the methods of examination in the laboratory, which involved carefully organised team work on the different aspects of the problem.