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SUBMITTER: Gamble A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6404646 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gamble Amandine A Ramos Raül R Parra-Torres Yaiza Y Mercier Aurélien A Galal Lokman L Pearce-Duvet Jessica J Villena Isabelle I Montalvo Tomás T González-Solís Jacob J Hammouda Abdessalem A Oro Daniel D Selmi Slaheddine S Boulinier Thierry T
International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife 20190112
Efficiently tracking and anticipating the dynamics of infectious agents in wild populations requires the gathering of large numbers of samples, if possible at several locations and points in time, which can be a challenge for some species. Testing for the presence of specific maternal antibodies in egg yolks sampled on the colonies could represent an efficient way to quantify the exposure of breeding females to infectious agents, particularly when using an abundant and widespread species, such a ...[more]