Effect of the establishment of dominance relationships on cortisol and other metabolic parameters in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1725-1731

  Corrêa, Sandro ^a   Fernandes, M O ^b   Iseki, K K ^a   Negrao J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviors; Cortisol; Dominance; Social relationships; Social stress; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TILAPIA;

ANIMALIA; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 0347597021     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003001200015     Document Type: Article

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