Potential self-medication using millipede secretions in red-fronted lemurs: combining anointment and ingestion for a joint action against gastrointestinal parasites?
Potential self-medication using millipede secretions in red-fronted lemurs: combining anointment and ingestion for a joint action against gastrointestinal parasites?
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使用红额狐猴千足虫分泌物进行潜在的自我治疗：结合涂抹和摄入来对抗胃肠道寄生虫？
DOI：
10.1007/s10329-018-0674-7
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发表时间：
2018
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影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Fichtel C
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文献类型：
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作者：
Peckre RL;Defolie C;Kappeler PM;Fichtel C
自我涂油，指的是在身体的不同部位摩擦物体或异物的行为，已经在包括灵长类动物在内的几种脊椎动物中观察到。人们提出了几种功能来解释这种行为，如对丰富的食物来源解毒、社会交流和防止体外寄生虫。在这里，我们报告的观察6野生红额狐猴（Eulemur rufifrons）的性别和不同年龄的类涂油他们的肛周生殖器区域和尾巴与咀嚼千足虫。几个人也摄入千足虫后，长时间咀嚼。根据所观察到的与千足虫的相互作用的特征，以及释放的化学物质的性质和潜在的代谢途径，我们建议潜在的自我治疗功能。具体而言，我们建议，涂油与摄入千足虫的苯醌分泌物的红额狐猴相结合，可能会采取互补的方式对胃肠道寄生虫感染，更具体地说，尖尾科线虫，提供预防和治疗效果。
Self-anointing, referring to the behaviour of rubbing a material object or foreign substance over different parts of the body, has been observed in several vertebrate species, including primates. Several functions, such as detoxifying a rich food source, social communication and protection against ectoparasites, have been proposed to explain this behaviour. Here, we report observations of six wild red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons) of both sexes and different age classes anointing their perianal-genital areas and tails with chewed millipedes. Several individuals also ingested millipedes after prolonged chewing. In light of the features of the observed interactions with millipedes, and the nature and potential metabolic pathways of the released chemicals, we suggest a potential self-medicative function. Specifically, we propose that anointing combined with the ingestion of millipedes’ benzoquinone secretions by red-fronted lemurs may act in a complementary fashion against gastrointestinal parasite infections, and more specifically Oxyuridae nematodes, providing both prophylactic and therapeutic effects.
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DOI：
10.1155/2014/651768
发表时间：
2014
期刊：
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM
影响因子：
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作者：
Enghoff H;Manno N;Tchibozo S;List M;Schwarzinger B;Schoefberger W;Schwarzinger C;Paoletti MG
通讯作者：
Paoletti MG
影响因子：
4.6
作者：
Bowler M;Messer EJ;Claidière N;Whiten A
通讯作者：
Whiten A
野生灵长类动物中的千足虫季节性涂油：针对昆虫的化学防御？
影响因子：
2.3
作者：
X. Valderrama;John G. Robinson;A. Attygalle;T. Eisner
通讯作者：
T. Eisner
红领狐猴 (Varecia rubra) 和白额棕色狐猴 (Eulemur fulvus albifrons) 的饮食和栖息地利用的昼夜节律。
影响因子：
2.8
作者：
N. Vasey
通讯作者：
N. Vasey
影响因子：
2.4
作者：
Alfaro, Jessica W. Lynch;Matthews, Luke;Alfaro, Michael E.
通讯作者：
Alfaro, Michael E.