Holding time has limited impact on constitutive innate immune function in a long-lived Antarctic seabird, the Adélie penguin : implications for field studies
(2023) In Biology Open 12(2).- Abstract
There is great interest in measuring immune function in wild animals. Yet, field conditions often have methodological challenges related to handling stress, which can alter physiology. Despite general consensus that immune function is influenced by handling stress, previous studies have provided equivocal results. Furthermore, few studies have focused on long-lived species, which may have different stress-immune trade-offs compared to short-lived species that have primarily been tested. Here, we investigate whether capture and handling duration impacts innate immune function in a long-lived seabird, the Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae). We found no evidence for changes in three commonly used parameters of innate immune function upon... (More)
There is great interest in measuring immune function in wild animals. Yet, field conditions often have methodological challenges related to handling stress, which can alter physiology. Despite general consensus that immune function is influenced by handling stress, previous studies have provided equivocal results. Furthermore, few studies have focused on long-lived species, which may have different stress-immune trade-offs compared to short-lived species that have primarily been tested. Here, we investigate whether capture and handling duration impacts innate immune function in a long-lived seabird, the Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae). We found no evidence for changes in three commonly used parameters of innate immune function upon holding time of up to 2 h, suggesting that immune function in this species is more robust against handling than in other species. This opens up exciting possibilities for measuring immune function in species with similar life-histories even if samples cannot be taken directly after capture.
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- author
- Hicks, Olivia LU ; Kato, Akiko ; Wisniewska, Danuta M. ; Marciau, Coline ; Angelier, Frédéric ; Ropert-Coudert, Yan and Hegemann, Arne LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Antarctic, Ecoimmunology, Field study, Stress
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- Biology Open
- volume
- 12
- issue
- 2
- article number
- bio059512
- publisher
- The Company of Biologists Ltd
- external identifiers
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- pmid:36716101
- scopus:85187621373
- ISSN
- 2046-6390
- DOI
- 10.1242/bio.059512
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- c5d74c24-455b-43be-8a3c-09146f440bed
- date added to LUP
- 2024-04-09 14:45:17
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- 2024-04-23 17:38:08
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abstract = {{<p>There is great interest in measuring immune function in wild animals. Yet, field conditions often have methodological challenges related to handling stress, which can alter physiology. Despite general consensus that immune function is influenced by handling stress, previous studies have provided equivocal results. Furthermore, few studies have focused on long-lived species, which may have different stress-immune trade-offs compared to short-lived species that have primarily been tested. Here, we investigate whether capture and handling duration impacts innate immune function in a long-lived seabird, the Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae). We found no evidence for changes in three commonly used parameters of innate immune function upon holding time of up to 2 h, suggesting that immune function in this species is more robust against handling than in other species. This opens up exciting possibilities for measuring immune function in species with similar life-histories even if samples cannot be taken directly after capture.</p>}},
author = {{Hicks, Olivia and Kato, Akiko and Wisniewska, Danuta M. and Marciau, Coline and Angelier, Frédéric and Ropert-Coudert, Yan and Hegemann, Arne}},
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keywords = {{Antarctic; Ecoimmunology; Field study; Stress}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{2}},
publisher = {{The Company of Biologists Ltd}},
series = {{Biology Open}},
title = {{Holding time has limited impact on constitutive innate immune function in a long-lived Antarctic seabird, the Adélie penguin : implications for field studies}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.059512}},
doi = {{10.1242/bio.059512}},
volume = {{12}},
year = {{2023}},
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