White blood cell profiles of breeding American toads (Bufo americanus) relative to sex and body size

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-159

  Forbes, Mark R ^a   McRuer, David L ^a   Shutler, Dave ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

American toad; Immunity; Sexual selection; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INJURY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TOAD;

EID: 33749037439     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-006-0623-5     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Adamo SA (2004) How should behavioural ecologists interpret measurements of immunity? Anim Behav 68:1443-1449
2. Adamo SA, Jensen M, Younger M (2001) Changes in lifetime immunocompetence in male and female Gryllus texensis (formerly G. integer): Trade-offs between immunity and reproduction. Anim Behav 62:417-425
3. Alexander J, Stimson WH (1988) Sex hormones and the course of parasitic infection. Parasitol Today 4:189-193
4. Arak A (1983) Male-male competition and mate choice in anuran amphibians. In: Bateson P (ed) Mate choice. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 181-210
5. Bakkegard KA, Guyera C (2004) Sexual size dimorphism in the Red Hills salamander, Phaeognathus hubrichti (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Desmognathinae). J Herpetol 39:8-15
6. Bennett GF (1970) Simple techniques for making avian blood smears. Can J Zool 48:585-586
7. Black JG (1996) Microbiology: Principles and applications. Simon & Schuster, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
8. Braude S, Tang-Martinez Z, Taylor GT (1999) Stress, testosterone, and the immunoredistribution hypothesis. Behav Ecol 10:345-350
9. Brown CR, Bomberger Brown M (2002) Spleen volume varies with colony size and parasite load in a colonial bird. Proc R Soc Lond B 269:1367-1373
10. Canadian Council on Animal Care (1984) Guide to the care and use of experimental animals. Canadian Council on Animal Care, Ottawa, Ontario
11. Christein D, Taylor DH (1978) Population dynamics of the American toad Bufo americanus (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae). J Herpetol 12:17-24
12. Cooper EL, Wright RK, Klempau RE, Smith CT (1992) Hibernation alters the frog's immune system. Cryobiology 29:613-616
13. Dhabhar FS (1998) Stress-induced enhancement of cell-mediated immunity. Ann NY Acad Sci 840:359-372
14. Dhabhar FS, McEwen B (1996) Stress-induced enhancement of antigen-specific cell-mediated immunity. J Immunol 156:2608-2615
15. Edwards DB, Mallory ML, Forbes MR (2006) Variation in baseline haematology of northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) in the Canadian High Arctic. Comp Clin Pathol 14:206-209
16. Evans MR, Goldsmith AR, Norris SRA (2000) The effects of testosterone on antibody production and plumage coloration in male house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 47:156-163
17. Fairchild L (1984) Male reproductive tactics in an explosive breeding toad population. Am Zool 24:407-418
18. Folstad I, Karter AJ (1992) Parasites, bright males and the immunocompetence handicap. Am Nat 139:603-622
19. Folstad I, Nilssen AC, Halvorsen O, Andersen J (1989) Why do male reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) have higher abundance of second and third instar larvae of Hypoderma tarandi than females? Oikos 55:87-92
20. Forester DC, Thompson KJ (1998) Gauntlet behaviour as a male sexual tactic in the American toad (Amphibia: Bufonidae). Behaviour 135:99-119
21. Gobbetti A, Zerani M (1996) Possible mechanism for the first response to short captivity stress in the water frog, Rana esculenta. J Endocrinol 148:223-239
22. Grossman CJ (1985) Interactions between the gonadal steroids and the immune system. Science 227:257-261
23. Hopster H, van der Werf JTN, Blokhuis HJ (1998) Stress enhanced reduction in peripheral blood lymphocyte numbers in dairy cows during endotoxin-induced mastitis. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 66:83-97
24. Horton J, Ratcliffe N (1998) Evolution and immunity. In: Roitt I, Brostoff J, Male D (eds) Immunology, 4th edn. Mosby, Toronto, pp. 199-220
25. Howard RD (1988) Sexual selection on male body size and mating behaviour in American toads, Bufo americanus. Anim Behav 36:1796-1808
26. Howard RD, Palmer JG (1995) Female choice in Bufo americanus: Effects of dominant frequency and call order. Copeia 1:212-217
27. Kruse KC, Mounce M (1982) The effects of multiple matings on fertilization capability in male American toads (Bufo americanus). J Herpetol 16:410-412
28. Licht LE (1976) Sexual selection in toads (Bufo americanus). Can J Zool 54:1277-1293
29. Lochmiller RL, Deerenberg C (2000) Trade-offs in evolutionary immunology: Just what is the cost of immunity? Oikos 88:87-98
30. Maniero GD, Carey C (1997) Changes in selected aspects of immune function in the leopard frog, Rana pipiens, associated with exposure to cold. J Comp Physiol B 167:256-263
31. Maule AG, Tripp RA, Kaattari SL, Schreck CB (1988) Stress alters immune function and disease resistance in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). J Endocrinol 120:135-142
32. McCurdy DG, Shutler D, Mullie A, Forbes MR (1998) Sex-biased parasitism of avian hosts: Relations to blood parasite taxon and mating system. Oikos 82:303-312
33. McRuer DL (2001) An investigation of prevalence of Aeromonas hydrophila and of measures of immune function for frogs used in the Ontario baitshop industry: Implications of past and present practices. M.S. thesis, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario
34. Møller AP, Sorci G, Erritzoe J (1998) Sexual dimorphism in immune defense. Am Nat 152:605-619
35. Moore SL, Wilson K (2002) Parasites as a viability cost of sexual selection in natural populations of mammals. Science 297:2015-2018
36. Nordling D, Andersson M, Zohari S, Gustafsson L (1998) Reproductive effort reduces specific immune response and parasite resistance. Proc R Soc Lond B 265:1291-1298
37. Oppliger A, Clobert J, Lecomte J, Lorenzon P, Boudjemadi K, John-Alder HB (1998) Environmental stress increases the prevalence and intensity of blood parasite infection in the common lizard Lacerta vivipara. Ecol Lett 1:129-138
38. Pap PL, Márkus R (2003) Cost of reproduction, T-lymphocyte mediated immunocompetence and health status in female and nestling barn swallows Hirundo rustica. J Avian Biol 34:434-438
39. Poulin R (1996) Sexual inequalities in helminth infections: A cost of being a male? Am Nat 147:287-295
40. Roulin A, Riols C, Dijkstra C, Ducrest AL (2001) Female plumage spottiness signals parasite resistance in the barn owl (Tyto alba). Behav Ecol 12:103-110
41. SAS Institute Inc (2000) JMP user's guide: Statistics. SAS Institute Inc., Cary, North Carolina
42. Schalk G, Forbes MR (1997) Male biases in parasitism of mammals: Effects of study type, host age, and parasite taxon. Oikos 78:67-74
43. Shutler D, Alisauskas RT, McLaughlin JD (1999) Mass dynamics of the spleen and other organs in geese: Measures of immune relationships to helminths? Can J Zool 77:351-359
44. Shutler D, Mullie A, Clark RG (2004) Tree swallow reproductive investment, stress, and parasites. Can J Zool 82:442-448
45. Sullivan BK (1992) Sexual selection and calling behavior in the American toad (Bufo americanus). Copeia 1:1-7
46. Zar JH (1996) Biostatistical analysis, 3rd edn. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
47. Zuk M, Johnsen TS (1998) Seasonal changes in the relationship between ornamentation and immune response in red jungle fowl. Proc R Soc Lond B 265:1631-1635