<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Fifty-one yellow-necked mice from the Obedska bara locality were analysed for the presence of intestinal nematode parasites in order to assert whether there was a host sex bias in infection. Previous research indicated that males would be the more infected sex, either due to the immunosuppressive effect of testosterone or their different allocation of resources towards immune defence. Quantitative infection parameters were compared between host sexes for all nematode species and nematodes in general. In addition, the influence of host sex, age, total body length, body mass and presence of other nematode species on parasite abundance was analysed. No statistically significant differences between males and females were noted for any of the studied quantitative parameters, leading to an absence of sex-biased parasitism in this study.</p></abstract>

Fifty-one yellow-necked mice from the Obedska bara locality were analysed for the presence of intestinal nematode parasites in order to assert whether there was a host sex bias in infection. Previous research indicated that males would be the more infected sex, either due to the immunosuppressive effect of testosterone or their different allocation of resources towards immune defence. Quantitative infection parameters were compared between host sexes for all nematode species and nematodes in general. In addition, the influence of host sex, age, total body length, body mass and presence of other nematode species on parasite abundance was analysed. No statistically significant differences between males and females were noted for any of the studied quantitative parameters, leading to an absence of sex-biased parasitism in this study.

Is there a host sex bias in intestinal nematode parasitism of the yellow-necked mouse (<italic>Apodemus flavicollis</italic>) at Obedska bara pond, Serbia?

Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology

Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, Department of Genetic Research

Helminthologia

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Is there a host sex bias in intestinal nematode parasitism of the yellow-necked mouse () at Obedska bara pond, Serbia?

Fifty-one yellow-necked mice from the Obedska bara locality were analysed for the presence of intestinal nematode parasites in order to assert whether there...

Is there a host sex bias in intestinal nematode parasitism of the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) at Obedska bara pond, Serbia?

Published Online: Jul 28, 2018

Page range: 247 - 250

Received: Feb 02, 2018

Accepted: Apr 24, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2018-0018

Keywords
nematodes, sex-biased parasitism, immunocompetence, host behaviour, Serbia

© 2018 B. Čabrilo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Is there a host sex bias in intestinal nematode parasitism of the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) at Obedska bara pond, Serbia?

Published Online: Jul 28, 2018

Page range: 247 - 250

Received: Feb 02, 2018

Accepted: Apr 24, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2018-0018

Keywordsnematodes, sex-biased parasitism, immunocompetence, host behaviour, Serbia

© 2018 B. Čabrilo et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
nematodes, sex-biased parasitism, immunocompetence, host behaviour, Serbia