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Bovine tuberculosis disturbs parasite functional trait composition in African buffalo

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Beechler, B. R., Boersma, Kate S., Buss, Peter E., Coon, Courtney A. C., Gorsich, Erin E., Henrichs, Brian S., Siepielski, Adam M., Spaan, Johannie M., Spaan, Robert S., Ezenwa, Vanessa O. and Jolles, Anna E. (2019) Bovine tuberculosis disturbs parasite functional trait composition in African buffalo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (29). pp. 14645-14650. doi:10.1073/pnas.1903674116 ISSN 0027-8424.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1903674116

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Abstract

Novel parasites can have wide-ranging impacts, not only on host populations, but also on the resident parasite community. Historically, impacts of novel parasites have been assessed by examining pairwise interactions between parasite species. However, parasite communities are complex networks of interacting species. Here we used multivariate taxonomic and trait-based approaches to determine how parasite community composition changed when African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) acquired an emerging disease, bovine tuberculosis (BTB). Both taxonomic and functional parasite richness increased significantly in animals that acquired BTB than in those that did not. Thus, the presence of BTB seems to catalyze extraordinary shifts in community composition. There were no differences in overall parasite taxonomic composition between infected and uninfected individuals, however. The trait-based analysis revealed an increase in direct-transmitted, quickly replicating parasites following BTB infection. This study demonstrates that trait-based approaches provide insight into parasite community dynamics in the context of emerging infections.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- )
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics
Journal or Publication Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
ISSN: 0027-8424
Official Date: 16 July 2019
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16 July 2019Published
1 July 2019Available
10 June 2019Accepted
Volume: 116
Number: 29
Page Range: pp. 14645-14650
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1903674116
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 18 June 2019
Date of first compliant Open Access: 1 January 2020
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