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Larval wood frog (Rana [=Lithobates] sylvatica) development and physiology following infection with the trematode parasite, Echinostoma trivolvis.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology - 1 Mar 2013
Orlofske S A, Belden L K, Hopkins W A
Abstract excerpt
Parasites can potentially affect host energetics through a variety of mechanisms including diverting energy from host functions or eliciting energetically costly responses. In many systems energetic costs of parasite infection remain poorly defined. The widespread trematode Echinostoma trivolvis can cause mortality of and pathology in larval amphibians. However, physiological impacts of E. trivolvis infection...
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