Saliva sampling to assess cortisol levels in unrestrained common marmosets and the effect of behavioral stress

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-114

  Cross, N ^a   Pines, M K ^a   Rogers, L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Disturbance; Marmoset; Saliva sampling; Social isolation; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

DISTURBANCE; PRIMATE; STRESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BANANA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MARMOSET; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SALIVA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; HYDROCORTISONE; MUSA; RESEARCH DESIGN; SALIVA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STRESS;

CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MARMOSETS;

EID: 1542288308     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20005     Document Type: Article

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