An immune challenge reduces social grooming in vampire bats
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.04.021
Abstract: Social interactions affect the transmission of many pathogens, but infections often induce sickness behaviours that alter those interactions. Vampire bats are highly mobile and social, engaging in frequent allogrooming, which is likely to facilitate pathogen… read more here.
Keywords: challenge reduces; sickness behaviour; immune challenge; behaviour ... See more keywords