High feather corticosterone indicates better coccidian infection resistance in greenfinches

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2014, Pages 203-210

  Sild, Elin ^a,b   Meitern, Richard ^a   Männiste, Marju ^a   Karu, Ulvi ^a   Hõrak, Peeter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Captivity tolerance; Coccidiosis resistance; Experimental infection; Feather corticosterone; Personality; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; COCCIDIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEATHER; FEATHER GROWTH; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE LOAD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; FINCH; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEATHERS; FINCHES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; PARASITE LOAD; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84902505921     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.05.026     Document Type: Article

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