The modulating effect of food composition on the immune system in growing ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus)

• Friederike Gethöffer ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: friederike.gethoeffer@tiho-hannover.de

  Affiliation Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1092-6099

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• Jennifer Liebing,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• Katrin Ronnenberg,

  Roles Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Thuenen Institute of Biodiversity, Braunschweig, Germany

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• Nele Curland,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• Christina Puff,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• Peter Wohlsein,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• Wolfgang Baumgärtner,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• Bianca Bücking,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

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• Ursula Heffels-Redmann,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

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• Ulrich Voigt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9505-4612

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• Christian Sonne,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ecoscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Roskilde, Denmark

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• Michael Lierz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3710-1596

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• Ursula Siebert

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany, Department of Ecoscience, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Roskilde, Denmark

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