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19576969

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-18
pubmed:abstractText
Animals adapt to the variability of the external environment and to their changing internal needs not only by generating homeostatic physiological responses, but also by operating in the external environment. In this study, we determined whether sheep with a gastrointestinal parasite infection increased intake of a low-quality food containing a natural antiparasitic agent (tannins) relative to non-parasitized sheep. Four groups of lambs (n=8 lambs/group) were assigned to a 2 x 2 factorial design with parasitic burden (P=parasites; NP=no parasites) and the offer of a supplement containing tannins (yes, no) as the main factors. Parasitized lambs ate more of the tannin-containing food than non-parasitized lambs for the first 12 days of the study, when parasite burdens were high, but differences became smaller and disappeared toward the end of the study when parasite burdens decreased. This result suggests the lambs detected the presence of internal parasites or associated symptoms and modified their ingestion of an antiparasitic agent as a function of need.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1872-8308
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
184-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Tannins and self-medication: Implications for sustainable parasite control in herbivores.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA. larry.lisonbee@aggiemail.usu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't