Cross-institutional assessment of stress responses in zoo animals using longitudinal monitoring of faecal corticoids and behaviour

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Shepherdson, D J ^a   Carlstead, K C ^b   Wielebnowski, N ^c  

^a OREGON ZOO   (United States)

^b Honolulu Zoo   (United States)

^c BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Corticosteroid; Housing and husbandry; Stereotypies; Stress; Zoo

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEAR; BIRD; BREEDING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FELIDAE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MONITORING; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; REVIEW; STEREOTYPY; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; DREPANIDINAE; FELIS CATUS; HAWAIIA; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 1542685349     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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