Cortisol determination in hair and faeces from domestic cats and dogs

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 398-402

  Accorsi, Pier A ^a   Carloni, Elena ^b   Valsecchi, Paola ^b   Viggiani, Roberta ^a   Gamberoni, Matteo ^a   Tamanini, Carlo ^a   Seren, Eraldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Faeces; Hair; Non invasive cortisol assessment

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAT; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FELIS SILVESTRIS CATUS; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR GROWTH; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID ANALYSIS;

EID: 37549045024     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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