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Behavioural fever in teleost fishes

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THE ectothermic lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis has been shown to exhibit a behavioural fever1 when injected with killed Aeromonas hydrophila, a Gram-negative bacterium pathogenic to mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fishes, causing haemorrhagic septicaemia2,3. The behavioural fever in lizards has been shown to have survival value4.

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  1. Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 18708

    WILLIAM W. REYNOLDS & MARTHA E. CASTERLIN

  2. Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, 18201

    JERRY B. COVERT

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REYNOLDS, W., CASTERLIN, M. & COVERT, J. Behavioural fever in teleost fishes. Nature 259, 41–42 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259041a0

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