Weights of Selected Organs of Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) from Asymptotic Laboratory Populations

1969 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 311 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Richard Terman
Keyword(s):  
Peromyscus Maniculatus ◽  
Deer Mice ◽  
Laboratory Populations

Variable levels of immunity to experimental Eimetia arizonensis infections in natural, seminatural, and laboratory populations of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

1996 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 750-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire A. Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Peromyscus Maniculatus ◽  
Parasite Population ◽  
Deer Mice ◽  
Acquired Immunity ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Experimental Infections ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Laboratory Populations ◽  
Partial Immunity

Acquired immunity to parasites may affect both host and parasite population dynamics. Although immunity has been studied experimentally in laboratory-reared hosts, less attention has focused on free-living animals. I examined acquired immunity of free-living deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) to naturally occurring and experimental infections of Eimeria arizonensis (Protozoa: Coccidia). In a mark – recapture study, I found evidence of complete immunity to natural infections in only 1 of 3 years and evidence of partial immunity in all years. I subsequently examined partial immunity to experimental infections by giving laboratory-reared, free-living, and enclosure populations of deer mice two or three consecutive E. arizonensis infections. Greater than 90% (13 of 14) of laboratory-reared animals developed immunity after only one exposure, suggesting that E. arizonensis is immunogenic. However, significantly fewer animals living under natural and seminatural conditions developed immunity after one exposure in two of three experiments. These observational and experimental results suggest that immunocompetence of free-living deer mice to E. arizonensis may be variable and may differ with respect to that of laboratory-reared animals.

scholarly journals Dehydrogenase-dependent Ethanol Metabolism in Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) Lacking Cytosolic Alcohol Dehydrogenase

1989 ◽  
Vol 264 (10) ◽  
pp. 5593-5597
Author(s):  
C Norsten ◽  
T Cronholm ◽  
G Ekström ◽  
J A Handler ◽  
R G Thurman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Peromyscus Maniculatus ◽  
Ethanol Metabolism ◽  
Deer Mice

Genetic Evidence for a Hantavirus Enzootic in Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) Captured a Decade before the Recognition of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

Virology ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 204 (2) ◽  
pp. 563-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivek R. Nerurkar ◽  
Jin-Won Song ◽  
Ki-Joon Song ◽  
James W. Nagle ◽  
Brian Hjelle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peromyscus Maniculatus ◽  
Genetic Evidence ◽  
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome ◽  
Deer Mice

scholarly journals Effect of transitional photoperiods on testicular development and puberty in male deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Reproduction ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Whitsett ◽  
P. F. Noden ◽  
J. Cherry ◽  
A. D. Lawton
Keyword(s):  
Peromyscus Maniculatus ◽  
Deer Mice ◽  
Testicular Development
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