Effect of preen oil on plumage bacteria: An experimental test with the mallard

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-5

  Giraudeau, M ^a   Czirjak G A ^a,b,e   Duval, C ^a,f   Bretagnolle, V ^c   Gutierrez, C ^d   Guillon, N ^c   Heeb, P ^a  

^a Université de Toulouse III Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UPS   (France)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Feather degrading bacteria; Microbial load; Preen oil

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEATHER; FITNESS; FLIGHT; GROOMING; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; SECRETION; THERMOREGULATION; WATERFOWL;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BODY FLUIDS AND SECRETIONS; DUCK; FEATHER; GROOMING; HOST RESISTANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PREEN OIL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL LOAD; DUCKS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SEBUM;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84871932457     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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