https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:44996 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is an emerging infectious pathogen present on every continent except Antarctica. It causes the disease chytridiomycosis in a subset of species but does not always result in disease or death for every host. Ambient temperature influences both amphibian metabolism and chytrid pathogenicity, however the interactive effects on host physiology is not well understood. We investigated the sublethal effect of B. dendrobatidis infection on a susceptible host, Litoria aurea to test (1) whether the infection load, metabolic activity, body fat and gonad size differed in L. aurea at either 24 °C or 12 °C ambient temperatures and (2) whether previous Bd infection caused long-term changes to body fat and gonad size. Litoria aurea in 12 °C treatments had higher infection loads of B. dendrobatidis and lower survivorship. Metabolic rate was higher and fat mass was lower in infected individuals and in animals in 24 °C treatments. Male L. aurea previously infected with B. dendrobatidis had smaller testes 5 months-post clearance of infection, an effect likely to translate to fitness costs in wild populations. These experiments demonstrate a physiological cost to sublethal B. dendrobatidis infection, which suggests a reduction in host fitness mediated by temperature in the host’s environment regardless of whether infection leads to mortality.]]> Wed 26 Oct 2022 09:28:56 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:48051 Wed 13 Mar 2024 14:13:07 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35505 Tue 25 Jul 2023 09:29:43 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49400 Fri 12 May 2023 14:41:06 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:38175 Fri 06 Aug 2021 14:14:50 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49805 Fri 02 Jun 2023 16:59:49 AEST ]]>