The role of antiparasite treatment experiments in assessing the impact of parasites on wildlife

Pedersen, Amy B and Fenton, Andy ORCID: 0000-0002-7676-917X (2015) The role of antiparasite treatment experiments in assessing the impact of parasites on wildlife. TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY, 31 (5). pp. 200-211.

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Abstract

It has become increasingly clear that parasites can have significant impacts on the dynamics of wildlife populations. Recently, researchers have shifted from using observational approaches to infer the impact of parasites on the health and fitness of individuals to using antiparasite drug treatments to test directly the consequences of infection. However, it is not clear the extent to which these experiments work in wildlife systems, or whether the results of these individual-level treatment experiments can predict the population-level consequences of parasitism. Here, we assess the results of treatment experiments, laying out the benefits and limitations of this approach, and discuss how they can be used to improve our understanding of the role of parasites in wildlife populations.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ivermectin, survival, fecundity, population dynamics, fitness, anthelmintic
Subjects:	?? QL ??
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	20 Jul 2015 08:37
Last Modified:	04 Feb 2023 04:20
DOI:	10.1016/j.pt.2015.02.004
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2016940