Miguel Veiga
Project C4-2: Fitness consequences and determinants of parasite infections in a wild social carnivore, the spotted hyena

Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Department of Ecological Dynamics
Ecological Dynamics
Member since: April 2018
Research interest
Host-parasite dynamics in wildlife populations; Fitness consequences of infection; Non-invasive sampling
Title of PhD project
Fitness consequences and determinants of parasite infections in a wild social carnivore, the spotted hyena
Supervisors
Dr. Marion East, Prof. Dr. Heribert Hofer and Dr. Gábor Á. Czirják
Veloso Soares SP, Jarquín-Díaz VH, Veiga MM, Karl S, Czirják GÁ, Weyrich A, Metzger S, East ML, Hofer H, Heitlinger E, Benhaiem S, Ferreira SCM. (2025).
Mucosal immune responses and intestinal microbiome associations in wild spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta).
Commun Biol 8:924. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-08243-0.
Ferreira SCM, Veiga MM, Hofer H, East ML, Czirják Á. (2021).
Noninvasively measured immune responses reflect current parasite infections in a wild carnivore and are linked to longevity.
Ecol Evol 11:7685-99. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7602.