Using experimental de-worming to measure the immunological and pathological impacts of lungworm infection in cane toads.

Patrick B Finnerty, Catherine M Shilton, Richard Shine, Gregory P Brown

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Article in International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Patrick B FinnertySchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.

Catherine M ShiltonBerrimah Veterinary Laboratories, Northern Territory Government, Berrimah, Northern Territory, 0828, Australia.

Richard ShineSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.

Gregory P BrownSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.

The University of Sydney · AUGovernment of the Northern Territory · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immunological and pathological consequences of parasite infection can be more rigorously assessed from experimental manipulation than from correlational studies of natural infections. We used anthelmintic treatment to experimentally decrease intensities of lungworm infection in captive and free-ranging wild cane toads to assess parasite impacts on host immune responses. First, we administered the anthelmintic drug Ivermectin to both infected and uninfected toads, to distinguish drug effects

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Bufo marinusHostNematodeParasiteRhinella marina

Identifiers

PMID28971017

DOI10.1016/j.ijppaw.2017.09.006

PMCPMC5614598

OpenAlexW2756254081

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