Body temperature changes during simulated bacterial infection in a songbird: Fever at night and hypothermia during the day

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2961-2969

  Sköld Chiriac, Sandra ^a   Nord, Andreas ^a,b   Tobler, Michael ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^a   Hasselquist, Dennis ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute phase response; Circadian variation; Dose dependence; Heterothermy; LPS; Sickness behaviour; Taeniopygia guttata; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EATING; FEVER; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; THERMOREGULATION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIRD DISEASES; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EATING; FEVER; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84962750249     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.122150     Document Type: Article

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