An immune response in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris leads to increased food consumption.docVIP

BMC Physiology BioMedCentral Research article Open Access An immune response in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris leads to increased food consumption Elizabeth R Tyler, Sally Adams and Eamonn B Mallon* Address: Department of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, LE1 7RH, Leicester, UK Email: Elizabeth R Tyler - ert2@le.ac.uk; Sally Adams - sa26@le.ac.uk; Eamonn B Mallon* - ebm3@le.ac.uk * Corresponding author Published: 17 July 2006 Received: 05 April 2006 Accepted: 17 July 2006 BMC Physiology 2006, 6:6 doi:10.1186/1472-6793-6-6 This article is available from: /1472-6793/6/6