Adrenocorticotrophin-induced stress response in captive vicunas (vicugna vicugna) in the Andes of Chile

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 369-385

  Bonacic, C ^a,b   Macdonald, D W ^a   Villouta, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Camelid; Chile; Guanaco; Stress; Vicuna

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; BREEDING; CALIBRATION; CAMEL; CHILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONITORING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS; VOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; LAMA GUANICOE; VICUGNA VICUGNA;

EID: 0042202640     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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