Parasite-mediated host behavioural modifications: Gyrodactylus turnbulli infected Trinidadian guppies increase contact rates with uninfected conspecifics
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182017001950
Abstract: Abstract While group formation provides antipredatory defences, increases foraging efficiency and mating opportunities, it can be counterintuitive by promoting disease transmission amongst social hosts. Upon introduction of a pathogen, uninfected individuals often modify their social… read more here.
Keywords: behavioural modifications; increase contact; gyrodactylus turnbulli; rates uninfected ... See more keywords