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Establishment and maintenance of behavioural dominance in male mice infected withTrichinella spiralis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

M. E. Rau
M. E. Rau
Affiliation:
Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, P.Q., CanadaH9X 1CO
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Summary

Trichinella spiralis infections influenced the establishment and maintenance of behavioural dominance among outbred male mice. Infected animals assumed a subordinate status when challenged by normal or more lightly infected conspecifics both in an unfamiliar test arena and in their established home cages. These effects were demonstrable during the acute and the chronic phases of infection. The significance of this phenomenon to the survival of the mouse host and the transmission of the parasite is discussed.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 86 , Issue 2 , April 1983 , pp. 319 - 322
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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