Diet-induced changes in metabolism influence immune response and viral shedding dynamics in Jamaican fruit bats
C. Falvo, D. Crowley, E. Benson, M. Hall, B. Schwarz, E. Bohrnsen, M. Ruiz-Aravena, M. Hebner, W. Ma, T. Schountz, A. Rynda-Apple, R. Plowright
The study shows diet affects viral shedding in Jamaican fruit bats, with suboptimal-sugar diets leading to higher viral RNA shedding than suboptimal-fat diets.
bioRxiv · Dec 1, 2023Ecology