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Associations between Toxoplasma gondii infection and steroid hormone levels in spotted hyenas
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- 1. Michigan State University, Department of Integrative Biology and Program in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, MI, USA & University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, CO, USA & Mara Hyena Project, Kenya
- 2. Nova Southeastern University, Department of Biological Sciences, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, FL, USA
- 3. Mara Hyena Project, Kenya & Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Department for the Ecology of Animal Societies, Konstanz, Germany
- 4. Michigan State University, Department of Integrative Biology and Program in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, MI, USA
- 5. Michigan State University, Department of Integrative Biology and Program in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, MI, USA & Mara Hyena Project, Kenya
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Laubach, Zachary M., Gering, Eben, Yang, Erik, Montgomery, Tracy M., Getty, Thomas, Holekamp, Kay E. (2022): Associations between Toxoplasma gondii infection and steroid hormone levels in spotted hyenas. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 17: 53-59, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.11.007, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.11.007
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