Data from: Baseline immune activity is associated with date rather than with moult stage in the Arctic-breeding barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
Variation in immune defence in birds is often explained either by external factors such as food availability and disease pressure or by internal factors such as moult and reproductive effort. We explored these factors together in one sampling design by measuring immune activity over the time frame o...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:87507 2023-07-02T03:31:18+02:00 Data from: Baseline immune activity is associated with date rather than with moult stage in the Arctic-breeding barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) Sandström, Cecilia A. M. Prop, Jouke van der Jeugd, H Loonen, Maarten J. J. E. 2016-08-15T17:48:05.000+02:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-df-dgm9 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:87507 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.s677t/1 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114812 PMID:25517982 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-df-dgm9 doi:10.5061/dryad.s677t https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:87507 OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf Life sciences medicine and health care 2016 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s677t/110.1371/journal.pone.011481210.5061/dryad.s677t 2023-06-13T13:17:04Z Variation in immune defence in birds is often explained either by external factors such as food availability and disease pressure or by internal factors such as moult and reproductive effort. We explored these factors together in one sampling design by measuring immune activity over the time frame of the moulting period of Arctic-breeding barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis). We assessed baseline innate immunity by measuring levels of complement-mediated lysis and natural antibody-mediated agglutination together with total and differential leukocyte counts. Variation in immune activity during moult was strongly associated with calendar date and to a smaller degree with the growth stage of wing feathers. We suggest that the association with calendar date reflected temporal changes in the external environment. This environmental factor was further explored by comparing the immune activity of geese in the Arctic population with conspecifics in the temperate climate zone at comparable moult stages. In the Arctic environment, which has a lower expected disease load, geese exhibited significantly lower values of complement-mediated lysis, their blood contained fewer leukocytes, and levels of phagocytic cells and reactive leukocytes were relatively low. This suggests that lower baseline immune activity could be associated with lower disease pressure. We conclude that in our study species, external factors such as food availability and disease pressure have a greater effect on temporal variation of baseline immune activity than internal factors such as moult stage. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Arctic Population Barnacle goose Branta leucopsis Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) Arctic |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Sandström, Cecilia A. M. Prop, Jouke van der Jeugd, H Loonen, Maarten J. J. E. Data from: Baseline immune activity is associated with date rather than with moult stage in the Arctic-breeding barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) |
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Variation in immune defence in birds is often explained either by external factors such as food availability and disease pressure or by internal factors such as moult and reproductive effort. We explored these factors together in one sampling design by measuring immune activity over the time frame of the moulting period of Arctic-breeding barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis). We assessed baseline innate immunity by measuring levels of complement-mediated lysis and natural antibody-mediated agglutination together with total and differential leukocyte counts. Variation in immune activity during moult was strongly associated with calendar date and to a smaller degree with the growth stage of wing feathers. We suggest that the association with calendar date reflected temporal changes in the external environment. This environmental factor was further explored by comparing the immune activity of geese in the Arctic population with conspecifics in the temperate climate zone at comparable moult stages. In the Arctic environment, which has a lower expected disease load, geese exhibited significantly lower values of complement-mediated lysis, their blood contained fewer leukocytes, and levels of phagocytic cells and reactive leukocytes were relatively low. This suggests that lower baseline immune activity could be associated with lower disease pressure. We conclude that in our study species, external factors such as food availability and disease pressure have a greater effect on temporal variation of baseline immune activity than internal factors such as moult stage. |
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Sandström, Cecilia A. M. Prop, Jouke van der Jeugd, H Loonen, Maarten J. J. E. |
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Sandström, Cecilia A. M. Prop, Jouke van der Jeugd, H Loonen, Maarten J. J. E. |
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Data from: Baseline immune activity is associated with date rather than with moult stage in the Arctic-breeding barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) |
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Data from: Baseline immune activity is associated with date rather than with moult stage in the Arctic-breeding barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) |
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Data from: Baseline immune activity is associated with date rather than with moult stage in the Arctic-breeding barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) |
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Data from: Baseline immune activity is associated with date rather than with moult stage in the Arctic-breeding barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) |
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Data from: Baseline immune activity is associated with date rather than with moult stage in the Arctic-breeding barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) |
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data from: baseline immune activity is associated with date rather than with moult stage in the arctic-breeding barnacle goose (branta leucopsis) |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.s677t/1 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114812 PMID:25517982 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-df-dgm9 doi:10.5061/dryad.s677t https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:87507 |
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OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf |
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