Past, present, and future of naturally occurring antimicrobials related to snake venoms

N Oguiura, L Sanches, PV Duarte, MA Sulca-López… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A critical global health problem is microbial resistance to antibiotics. In
order to further discuss this issue and search for practical means to overcome such …

A meta-analysis of impacts of immune response and infection on oxidative status in vertebrates

D Costantini - Conservation Physiology, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Inferring from patterns observed in biomedical research, ecoimmunological theory predicts
that oxidative stress is a ubiquitous physiological cost that contributes to generating variation …

Host response to infectious agents and identification of pathogens in tissue sections

BA Stacy, AP Pessier, RJ Ossiboff - Infectious diseases and …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter provides a review of the published literature supplemented by the experience
of the authors and their colleagues and to serve as a basis for more specific investigation of …

Applied ecoimmunology: using immunological tools to improve conservation efforts in a changing world

MEB Ohmer, D Costantini, GÁ Czirják… - Conservation …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Ecoimmunology is a rapidly developing field that explores how the environment shapes
immune function, which in turn influences host–parasite relationships and disease …

Assessment of glucocorticoids, sex steroids, and innate immunity in wild red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta elegans)

J Terry, E Field, LA Neuman-Lee - General and Comparative …, 2023 - Elsevier
When access to resources is limited, organisms must shift energy investment among
physiological processes to survive, reproduce, and respond to unpredictable events. The …

Reptilian innate immunology and ecoimmunology: what do we know and where are we going?

EK Field, A Hartzheim, J Terry… - Integrative and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Reptiles, the only ectothermic amniotes, employ a wide variety of physiological adaptations
to adjust to their environments but remain vastly understudied in the field of immunology and …

Investigating relationships among stress, reproduction, and immunity in three species of watersnake

EK Field, J Terry, AM Hartzheim, K Krajcir… - General and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy is a finite resource required for all physiological processes and must be allocated
efficiently among essential activities to ensure fitness and survival. During the active season …

Long‐term monitoring of two snake species reveals immune–endocrine interactions and the importance of ecological context

AR Spence, SS French, GR Hopkins… - … Zoology Part A …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
While there is huge promise in monitoring physiological parameters in free‐living
organisms, we also find high amounts of variability over time and space. This variation …

Measuring immunocompetence in the natural population and captive individuals of noble pen shell Pinna nobilis affected by Pinna nobilis Picornavirus (PnPV)

F Carella, P Prado, JR García-March… - Fish & Shellfish …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Mass Mortality Events (MMEs) affecting the noble pen shell Pinna nobilis have
been reported since 2016. In this work, we used an in vitro flow cytometric assay to evaluate …

Physiological health and survival of captive-reared and released juvenile Blanding's Turtles

AA Cann, RR Weber, LA Harden… - Physiological and …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Conservation translocations are important in maintaining viable wildlife populations of
vulnerable species within their indigenous ranges. To be effective, population restoration …