Can non-invasive glucocorticoid measures be used as reliable indicators of stress in animals?

Animal Welfare

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-342

  Lane, J ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cortisol; Faeces; Non invasive; Refinement; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL WELFARE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXERCISE; FECES LEVEL; METHODOLOGY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SALIVA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750683625     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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