Are serum cortisol levels a reliable indicator of wellbeing in the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 341-348

  McKenzie, S ^a   Deane, E M ^a   Burnett, L ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haematology; Marsupials; Serum biochemistry; Serum cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INDICATOR;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; MARSUPIAL; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS; MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA;

EID: 4143081441     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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