Dietary supply with polyunsaturated fatty acids and resulting maternal effects influence host - parasite interactions

BMC Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Schlotz, Nina ^a   Ebert, Dieter ^b   Martin Creuzburg, Dominik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Daphnia magna; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Food quality; Host parasite interactions; Immunity; Nutrition; Pasteuria ramosa; Resistance

Indexed keywords

DIET; FATTY ACID; FOOD QUALITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HERBIVORE; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE INFESTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA MAGNA; INVERTEBRATA; PASTEURIA; PASTEURIA RAMOSA;

UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DAPHNIA; DIET; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; OVUM; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84886743631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-13-41     Document Type: Article

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