We used captive reindeer to determine whether Ostertagia gruehneri, a common gastrointestinal nematode of Rangifer, caused increased stress as measured by hair and faecal glucocorticoids. We found that reindeer infected with an ‘average’ dose of this parasite did not have higher stress levels compared with uninfected control animals.
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