@article{fdi:010037797,
  title = {{P}hysiological responses of insular wild black rat ({R}attus rattus) to natural infection by the digenean trematode {F}asciola hepatica},
  author = {{M}agnanou, {E}. and {F}ons, {R}. and {F}eliu, {C}. and {M}orand, {S}erge},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}ild black rat {R}attus rattus is regularly infected by the liver fluke {F}asciola hepatica on {C}orsica. {T}his report constitutes the only example of a murid rodent that plays an important epidemiological role for the {F}asciolosis. {W}e investigated the influence of such unusual parasite infection on black rat physiology by measuring its oxygen consumption at different ambient temperatures. {B}lack rat energy requirements are influenced by body mass, temperature of the experiment and parasite infestation. {T}he influence of the presence of {F}. hepatica was more pronounced for cold temperatures. {T}he mean increase of 56% in oxygen requirements for infected rats is extremely high, indeed unexpected, according to previous knowledge. {T}hese high physiological constraints may be explained by the recent confrontation of the digenean and the rodent.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasitology {R}esearch},
  volume = {99},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {97--101},
  ISSN = {0932-0113},
  year = {2006},
  DOI = {10.1007/s00436-005-0063-1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037797},
}