The effect of parasitism on boldness and sheltering behaviour in albino and pigmented European catfish (Silurus glanis).

Autor: Valchářová T; Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Suchdol, Prague 6, Suchdol, 165 21, Czech Republic. valcharovat@af.czu.cz., Horký P; Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Suchdol, Prague 6, Suchdol, 165 21, Czech Republic., Douda K; Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Suchdol, Prague 6, Suchdol, 165 21, Czech Republic., Slavík O; Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Suchdol, Prague 6, Suchdol, 165 21, Czech Republic.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2024 Jul 30; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 17531. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 30.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-67645-y
Abstrakt: Parasites can change the behaviour of their hosts, but little attention has been given to the relationship between parasite effects on host behaviour and colouration. The correlation between disrupted melanin production and alterations in various physiological and behavioural traits, e.g., aggression, shoaling behaviour, stress responsiveness and sensitivity to brood parasitism, has been reported in albino fish. We hypothesized that parasitism would affect the behaviour of albino and pigmented conspecifics differently. In laboratory conditions, we infested a group of pigmented and a group of albino individuals of European catfish Silurus glanis with glochidia of two Uninoidea species, namely, the native species Anodonta anatina and the invasive species Sinanodonta woodiana, and investigated the effect of parasitization on the boldness and sheltering behaviour of the hosts. The behaviour of albino individuals differed from that of pigmented conspecifics both before and after parasitization. Parasitization with glochidia did not affect sheltering behaviour, but it increased boldness in pigmented individuals, whereas albino individuals did not exhibit any changes in behaviour. Sheltering results were consistent in both binomial and continuous variable analyses, whereas boldness was significant only in the binomial analyses. Our results demonstrate the reduced susceptibility of the albino phenotype to glochidia infestation, together with questions of the choice of analyses.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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