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Enhanced access to anthropogenic food waste is related to hyperglycemia in raccoons (Procyon lotor)

Urban landscapes have well-known effects on wildlife populations. Many species of urban wildlife feed on anthropogenic food wastes, and little is known regarding the sub-lethal physiological consequences of this novel diet. We use samples from three populations of raccoons to test the hypothesis tha...

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Autores principales: Schulte-Hostedde, Albrecht I, Mazal, Zvia, Jardine, Claire M, Gagnon, Jeffrey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6025200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29992022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy026
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author Schulte-Hostedde, Albrecht I
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Gagnon, Jeffrey
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description Urban landscapes have well-known effects on wildlife populations. Many species of urban wildlife feed on anthropogenic food wastes, and little is known regarding the sub-lethal physiological consequences of this novel diet. We use samples from three populations of raccoons to test the hypothesis that access to anthropogenic food waste will lead to elevated body mass, blood glucose and serum leptin. Each population varied in their presumed access to food waste. We found that raccoons from the site with the highest presumed access to food waste were significantly heavier and had significantly higher levels of glycated serum protein (GSP, a marker of elevated blood glucose). In addition, GSP concentration was positively related to body mass. No significant differences in serum leptin were detected, nor was serum leptin related to body mass. Urban diets may have significant physiological consequences for urban wildlife related to glucose metabolism. Further research will be needed to determine the evolutionary consequences of the novel urban diet, and whether adaptation is occurring.
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spelling pubmed-60252002018-07-10 Enhanced access to anthropogenic food waste is related to hyperglycemia in raccoons (Procyon lotor) Schulte-Hostedde, Albrecht I Mazal, Zvia Jardine, Claire M Gagnon, Jeffrey Conserv Physiol Research Article Urban landscapes have well-known effects on wildlife populations. Many species of urban wildlife feed on anthropogenic food wastes, and little is known regarding the sub-lethal physiological consequences of this novel diet. We use samples from three populations of raccoons to test the hypothesis that access to anthropogenic food waste will lead to elevated body mass, blood glucose and serum leptin. Each population varied in their presumed access to food waste. We found that raccoons from the site with the highest presumed access to food waste were significantly heavier and had significantly higher levels of glycated serum protein (GSP, a marker of elevated blood glucose). In addition, GSP concentration was positively related to body mass. No significant differences in serum leptin were detected, nor was serum leptin related to body mass. Urban diets may have significant physiological consequences for urban wildlife related to glucose metabolism. Further research will be needed to determine the evolutionary consequences of the novel urban diet, and whether adaptation is occurring. Oxford University Press 2018-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6025200/ /pubmed/29992022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy026 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press and the Society for Experimental Biology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Enhanced access to anthropogenic food waste is related to hyperglycemia in raccoons (Procyon lotor)
title Enhanced access to anthropogenic food waste is related to hyperglycemia in raccoons (Procyon lotor)
title_full Enhanced access to anthropogenic food waste is related to hyperglycemia in raccoons (Procyon lotor)
title_fullStr Enhanced access to anthropogenic food waste is related to hyperglycemia in raccoons (Procyon lotor)
title_full_unstemmed Enhanced access to anthropogenic food waste is related to hyperglycemia in raccoons (Procyon lotor)
title_short Enhanced access to anthropogenic food waste is related to hyperglycemia in raccoons (Procyon lotor)
title_sort enhanced access to anthropogenic food waste is related to hyperglycemia in raccoons (procyon lotor)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6025200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29992022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coy026
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