All Grant's gazelles (Nanger granti) have intestinal worms, but according to a study presented in Princeton, New Jersey, at the Animal Behavior Society meeting last week, those males able to defend land and a harem begin their reign with a relatively
low number of parasites.
Not exact matches
Among all nests with the soaked fibers,
parasite numbers were
lower, and in seven
of eight nests that had at least a gram
of treated cotton, not a single
parasite was found, the team reports today in Current Biology.
Impairment
of the highly specific nutrient uptake processes, or compromised GI barrier function (as in «leaky gut syndrome») can result from a
number of causes including:
low gastric acid production, chronic maldigestion, food allergen impact on bowel absorptive surfaces, bacterial overgrowth or imbalances (dysbiosis); pathogenic bacteria, yeast or
parasites and related toxic irritants, and the use
of NSAID's and antibiotics.
Impairment
of the highly specific nutrient uptake processes, or compromised GI barrier function, as in «leaky gut syndrome,» can result from a
number of causes including: •
Low gastric acid production • Chronic maldigestion • Food allergen impact on bowel absorptive surfaces • Bacterial overgrowth or imbalances (dysbiosis) • Pathogenic bacteria, yeast or
parasites and related toxic irritants • The use
of NSAIDs and antibiotics Impairment
of intestinal functions can contribute to the development
of food allergies, systemic illnesses, autoimmune disease, and toxic overload from substances that are usually kept in the confines
of the bowel for elimination.
Confounding these normally
low WBC and platelet
numbers is the fact that Ehrlichia, a common blood
parasite of greyhounds, can
lower WBC and platelet counts.