Is there an energetic-based trade-off between thermoregulation and the acute phase response in zebra finches?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1386-1394

  Burness, Gary ^a   Armstrong, Christopher ^a   Fee, Thomas ^a   Tilman Schindel, Elinor ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anorexia; Energy expenditure; Immunity; Life history; Lipopolysaccharide; Sickness; Thermoregulation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FINCH; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FINCHES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 77951465732     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.027011     Document Type: Article

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