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

Autor: Arturo Oliver-Guimerá, Carlos Martínez-Carrasco, Asta Tvarijonaviciute, María Rocío Ruiz de Ybáñez, Jordi Martínez-Guijosa, Jorge Ramón López-Olvera, Xavier Fernández-Aguilar, Andreu Colom-Cadena, Gregorio Mentaberre, Roser Velarde, Diana Gassó, Mathieu Garel, Luca Rossi, Santiago Lavín, Emmanuel Serrano

Publikováno v: Parasites & Vectors, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)

Abstract Background 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 impairme

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Long-term dynamics of Mycoplasma conjunctivae at the wildlife-livestock interface in the Pyrenees.

Autor: Xavier Fernández-Aguilar, Oscar Cabezón, Joachim Frey, Roser Velarde, Emmanuel Serrano, Andreu Colom-Cadena, Giuseppina Gelormini, Ignasi Marco, Gregorio Mentaberre, Santiago Lavín, Jorge Ramón López-Olvera

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 10, p e0186069 (2017)

Functional roles of domestic and wild host populations in infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC) epidemiology have been extensively discussed claiming a domestic reservoir for the more susceptible wild hosts, however, based on limited data. With the a

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Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Seagull Chicks Is Related to the Consumption of Freshwater Food Resources.

Autor: Oscar Cabezón, Marta Cerdà-Cuéllar, Virginia Morera, Ignacio García-Bocanegra, Jacob González-Solís, Sebastian Napp, Maria P Ribas, Berta Blanch-Lázaro, Xavier Fernández-Aguilar, Noelia Antilles, Sergio López-Soria, Cristina Lorca-Oró, Jitender P Dubey, Sonia Almería

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 3, p e0150249 (2016)

Understanding the spread of Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) in wild birds, particularly in those with opportunistic feeding behavior, is of interest for elucidating the epidemiological involvement of these birds in the maintenance and dissemination of

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/d6d033c245fa4ae6952c2a25a9e54776

First Report of Streptococcus ruminantium in Wildlife: Phenotypic Differences with a Spanish Domestic Ruminant Isolate

Autor: Carlos Neila-Ibáñez, Ester Pintado, Roser Velarde, Xavier Fernández Aguilar, Enric Vidal, Virginia Aragon, M. Lourdes Abarca

Publikováno v: IRTA Pubpro. Open Digital Archive
Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA)
Microbiology Research; Volume 13; Issue 1; Pages: 102-113
Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Streptococcus ruminantium is a recent reclassification of the former Streptococcus suis serovar 33. Although knowledge about S. suis is extensive, information on S. ruminantium host range and pathogenic potential is still scarce. This bacterium has b

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https://doi.org/10.3390/microbiolres13010008

Endemic occurrence of Fasciola hepatica in an alpine ecosystem, Pyrenees, Northeastern Spain

Autor: Mario Pasquetti, Oscar Cabezón, Emmanuel Serrano, Claudia Roldán, Johan Espunyes, Gregorio Mentaberre, Roser Velarde, Anna Rita Molinar Min, Xavier Fernández Aguilar, Jorge Ramón López-Olvera, Mattia Begovoeva, Luca Rossi, Raquel Castillo-Contreras, Josep Estruch, Federica Pizzato, Maria Ribas

Publikováno v: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 68:2589-2594

Fasciola hepatica is a liver parasite of ruminants whose distribution is determined by its intermediate host, the freshwater snail Galba truncatula. In Europe, F. hepatica is mostly associated with lowlands. Infection from sympatric domestic reservoi

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https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13865