Sex-biased severity of sarcoptic mange at the same biological cost in a sexually dimorphic ungulate

BACKGROUND: In sexually dimorphic species, male susceptibility to parasite infection and mortality is frequently higher than in females. The Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) is a sexually dimorphic mountain ungulate endemic to the Iberian Peninsula commonly affected by sarcoptic mange, a chronic catab...

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Autores principales: López-Olvera, Jorge R., Serrano, Emmanuel, Armenteros, Anna, Pérez, Jesús M., Fandos, Paulino, Carvalho, João, Velarde, Roser, Cano-Manuel, Francisco J., Ráez, Arián, Espinosa, José, Soriguer, Ramón C., Granados, José E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26555065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1186-6

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