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Social and environmental factors modulate leucocyte profiles in free-living Greylag geese (Anser anser)

BACKGROUND: Blood parameters such as haematocrit or leucocyte counts are indicators of immune status and health, which can be affected, in a complex way, by exogenous as well as endogenous factors. Additionally, social context is known to be among the most potent stressors in group living individual...

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Autores principales: Frigerio, Didone, Ludwig, Sonja C., Hemetsberger, Josef, Kotrschal, Kurt, Wascher, Claudia A.F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28070455
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2792