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The physiological cost of male-biased parasitism in a nearly monomorphic mammal

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dc.contributor.authorOliver Guimerá, Arturo
dc.contributor.authorMartínez Carrasco-Pleite, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorTvarijonaviciute, Asta
dc.contributor.authorRuiz de Ybáñez Carnero, María del Rocío
dc.contributor.authorMartínez Guijosa, Jordi
dc.contributor.authorLópez Olvera, Jorge Ramón
dc.contributor.authorFernández Aguilar, Xavier
dc.contributor.authorColom Cadena, Andreu
dc.contributor.authorMentaberre, Gregorio
dc.contributor.authorVelarde, Roser
dc.contributor.authorGassó, Diana
dc.contributor.authorGarel, Mathieu
dc.contributor.authorRossi, Luca
dc.contributor.authorLavin, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorSerrano, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.departmentSanidad Animal
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-08T10:00:33Z
dc.date.available2024-03-08T10:00:33Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-21
dc.description© 2017. The authors. This document is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by /4.0/ This document is the published version of a published work that appeared in final form in Parasites & Vectors. To access the final work, see DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2060-5es
dc.description.abstractBackground: Even though male-biased parasitism is common in mammals, little effort has been made to evaluate whether higher parasitic burden in males results in an extra biological cost, and thus a decrease in fitness. Body condition impairment and the augmentation of oxidative stress can be used as indicators of the cost of parasite infections. Here, we examined relationships between gastrointestinal and respiratory helminths, body condition and oxidative stress markers (glutathione peroxidase, paraoxonase-1) in 28 Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra p. pyrenaica) sampled in autumn. Results: Only male chamois showed a reduction in body condition and higher oxidative stress due to parasite infection, likely because of the extremely high parasite burdens observed in males. Conclusions: This study made evident a disparity in the physiological cost of multiple parasitism between sexes in a wild mammal, mainly due to parasitic richness. Because of the similar life expectancy in male and female chamois, we suggest that males may have developed natural mechanisms to compensate for higher parasite loads during the rut. Keywords: Gastrointestinal nematodes, Lung nematodes, Kidney fat reserves, Oxidant/antioxidant status, Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaicaes
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2060-5
dc.identifier.eisbnParasites & Vectors 2017, 10(1):200.es
dc.identifier.issnElectronic: 1756-3305
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/140043
dc.languageenges
dc.publisherBMCes
dc.relationMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (BES-2015-072206), Fundação para a Ciência ea Tecnologia, Portugal (SFRH/BPD/96637/2013), University of Aveiro (UID/AMB/50017), FEDER, (PT2020 Partnership Agreement)es
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-017-2060-5#citeases
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectGastrointestinal nematodeses
dc.subjectLung nematodeses
dc.subjectKidney fat reserveses
dc.subjectOxidant/antioxidant statuses
dc.subjectRupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaicaes
dc.titleThe physiological cost of male-biased parasitism in a nearly monomorphic mammales
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees
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