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Loss of behavioural dominance in male mice infected with Trichinella spiralis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

M. E. Rau
M. E. Rau
Affiliation:
Institute of Parasitology, Macdonald College of McGill University, 21111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada H9X 1C0
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Summary

Trichinella spiralis infections may lead to the loss of behavioural dominance among male mice. Reversals of dominance order first appear at the time when newborn larvae are released into the circulation of the host. The duration of dominance reversals bears no relationship to the number of muscle larvae harboured.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 371 - 373
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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