Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes?
BACKGROUND: Parasites can exert selection pressure on their hosts through effects on survival, on reproductive success, on sexually selected ornament, with important ecological and evolutionary consequences, such as changes in population viability. Consequently, hemoparasites have become the focus o...
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ftunivgiessen:oai:jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de:jlupub/9543 2023-07-30T04:02:28+02:00 Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes? Masello, Juan F. Martinez, Juan Calderón, Luciano Wink, Michael Quillfeldt, Petra Sanz, Virginia Theuerkauf, Jörn Ortiz-Catedral, Luis Berkunsky, Igor Brunton, Dianne Díaz-Luque, José A. Hauber, Mark E. Ojeda, Valeria Barnaud, Antoine Casalins, Laura Jackson, Bethany Mijares, Alfredo Rosales, Romel Seixas, Gláucia Serafini, Patricia Silva-Iturriza, Adriana Sipinski, Elenise Vásquez, Rodrigo A. Widmann, Peter Widmann, Indira Merino, Santiago 2022-11-18T09:54:57Z application/pdf https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de//handle/jlupub/9543 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hebis:26-opus-153450 https://doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-8931 en eng http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hebis:26-opus-153450 https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de//handle/jlupub/9543 http://dx.doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-8931 Namensnennung 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ antiparasitic metabolites blood parasites cacatuidae haemoparasites herbivorous ddc:590 article 2022 ftunivgiessen https://doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-8931 2023-07-16T22:24:18Z BACKGROUND: Parasites can exert selection pressure on their hosts through effects on survival, on reproductive success, on sexually selected ornament, with important ecological and evolutionary consequences, such as changes in population viability. Consequently, hemoparasites have become the focus of recent avian studies. Infection varies significantly among taxa. Various factors might explain the differences in infection among taxa, including habitat, climate, host density, the presence of vectors, life history and immune defence. Feeding behaviour can also be relevant both through increased exposure to vectors and consumption of secondary metabolites with preventative or therapeutic effects that can reduce parasite load. However, the latter has been little investigated. Psittaciformes (parrots and cockatoos) are a good model to investigate these topics, as they are known to use biological control against ectoparasites and to feed on toxic food. We investigated the presence of avian malaria parasites (Plasmodium), intracellular haemosporidians (Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon), unicellular flagellate protozoans (Trypanosoma) and microfilariae in 19 Psittaciformes species from a range of habitats in the Indo-Malayan, Australasian and Neotropical regions. We gathered additional data on hemoparasites in wild Psittaciformes from the literature. We considered factors that may control the presence of hemoparasites in the Psittaciformes, compiling information on diet, habitat, and climate. Furthermore, we investigated the role of diet in providing antiparasitic secondary metabolites that could be used as self-medication to reduce parasite load.RESULTS: We found hemoparasites in only two of 19 species sampled. Among them, all species that consume at least one food item known for its secondary metabolites with antimalarial, trypanocidal or general antiparasitic properties, were free from hemoparasites. In contrast, the infected parrots do not consume food items with antimalarial or even general antiparasitic properties. We ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Avian Studies Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen: JLUpub |
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antiparasitic metabolites blood parasites cacatuidae haemoparasites herbivorous ddc:590 Masello, Juan F. Martinez, Juan Calderón, Luciano Wink, Michael Quillfeldt, Petra Sanz, Virginia Theuerkauf, Jörn Ortiz-Catedral, Luis Berkunsky, Igor Brunton, Dianne Díaz-Luque, José A. Hauber, Mark E. Ojeda, Valeria Barnaud, Antoine Casalins, Laura Jackson, Bethany Mijares, Alfredo Rosales, Romel Seixas, Gláucia Serafini, Patricia Silva-Iturriza, Adriana Sipinski, Elenise Vásquez, Rodrigo A. Widmann, Peter Widmann, Indira Merino, Santiago Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes? |
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BACKGROUND: Parasites can exert selection pressure on their hosts through effects on survival, on reproductive success, on sexually selected ornament, with important ecological and evolutionary consequences, such as changes in population viability. Consequently, hemoparasites have become the focus of recent avian studies. Infection varies significantly among taxa. Various factors might explain the differences in infection among taxa, including habitat, climate, host density, the presence of vectors, life history and immune defence. Feeding behaviour can also be relevant both through increased exposure to vectors and consumption of secondary metabolites with preventative or therapeutic effects that can reduce parasite load. However, the latter has been little investigated. Psittaciformes (parrots and cockatoos) are a good model to investigate these topics, as they are known to use biological control against ectoparasites and to feed on toxic food. We investigated the presence of avian malaria parasites (Plasmodium), intracellular haemosporidians (Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon), unicellular flagellate protozoans (Trypanosoma) and microfilariae in 19 Psittaciformes species from a range of habitats in the Indo-Malayan, Australasian and Neotropical regions. We gathered additional data on hemoparasites in wild Psittaciformes from the literature. We considered factors that may control the presence of hemoparasites in the Psittaciformes, compiling information on diet, habitat, and climate. Furthermore, we investigated the role of diet in providing antiparasitic secondary metabolites that could be used as self-medication to reduce parasite load.RESULTS: We found hemoparasites in only two of 19 species sampled. Among them, all species that consume at least one food item known for its secondary metabolites with antimalarial, trypanocidal or general antiparasitic properties, were free from hemoparasites. In contrast, the infected parrots do not consume food items with antimalarial or even general antiparasitic properties. We ... |
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Masello, Juan F. Martinez, Juan Calderón, Luciano Wink, Michael Quillfeldt, Petra Sanz, Virginia Theuerkauf, Jörn Ortiz-Catedral, Luis Berkunsky, Igor Brunton, Dianne Díaz-Luque, José A. Hauber, Mark E. Ojeda, Valeria Barnaud, Antoine Casalins, Laura Jackson, Bethany Mijares, Alfredo Rosales, Romel Seixas, Gláucia Serafini, Patricia Silva-Iturriza, Adriana Sipinski, Elenise Vásquez, Rodrigo A. Widmann, Peter Widmann, Indira Merino, Santiago |
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Masello, Juan F. Martinez, Juan Calderón, Luciano Wink, Michael Quillfeldt, Petra Sanz, Virginia Theuerkauf, Jörn Ortiz-Catedral, Luis Berkunsky, Igor Brunton, Dianne Díaz-Luque, José A. Hauber, Mark E. Ojeda, Valeria Barnaud, Antoine Casalins, Laura Jackson, Bethany Mijares, Alfredo Rosales, Romel Seixas, Gláucia Serafini, Patricia Silva-Iturriza, Adriana Sipinski, Elenise Vásquez, Rodrigo A. Widmann, Peter Widmann, Indira Merino, Santiago |
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Masello, Juan F. |
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Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes? |
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Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes? |
title_full |
Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes? |
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Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes? |
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Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes? |
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can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild psittaciformes? |
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2022 |
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https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de//handle/jlupub/9543 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hebis:26-opus-153450 https://doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-8931 |
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Avian Studies |
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Avian Studies |
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