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Effects of VIE tagging and partial tissue sampling on the immune response of three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus
T Henrich1, N Hafer, K B Mobley
1Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August-Thienemann Str. 2, Plön, Germany.
Journal of Fish Biology
|July 26, 2014
Abstract:
A 14 day experiment on effects of visible implant elastomer (VIE) tagging and spine-clipping of three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus showed significant increases in immune response, particularly in the granulocyte:lymphocyte ratio, in both treatments and the sham control. A minimum two-week recovery after handling, anaesthesia, tagging and spine-clipping is recommended to minimize effect of manipulation on the immune system.
Keywords:
fin-clippinggranulocyte:lymphocyte ratiomark-recapturerespiratory burstspleno-somatic index
