Sources of sampling variation in saliva cortisol in dogs

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-161

  Kobelt, Amanda J ^a   Hemsworth, P H ^a,b   Barnett, J L ^b   Butler, K L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dogs; Non invasive stress measurement; Saliva cortisol; Sampling variation; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOG; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0042477494     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5288(03)00080-8     Document Type: Article

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