Behavioural fever in teleost fishes

Behavioural fever in teleost fishes

THE ectothermic lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis has been shown to exhibit a behavioural fever 1 when injected with killed Aeromonas hydrophila , a Gram-negative bacterium pathogenic to mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fishes, causing haemorrhagic septicaemia 2,3 . The behavioural fever in lizards has b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1976-01, Vol.259 (5538), p.41-42
Hauptverfasser: REYNOLDS, WILLIAM W., CASTERLIN, MARTHA E., COVERT, JERRY B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Bacteria
Behavior, Animal - physiology
Biological Evolution
Body Temperature Regulation
Fever
Fishes - physiology
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hypothalamus - physiology
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multidisciplinary
Pyrogens
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
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Zusammenfassung:THE ectothermic lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis has been shown to exhibit a behavioural fever 1 when injected with killed Aeromonas hydrophila , a Gram-negative bacterium pathogenic to mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fishes, causing haemorrhagic septicaemia 2,3 . The behavioural fever in lizards has been shown to have survival value 4 .
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/259041a0