Welfare assessment of captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) using salivary cortisol measurement

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-312

  Menargues, A ^a   Urios, V ^a   Mauri, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Asian elephant; Indian rhinoceros; Management; Salivary cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ELEPHANT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INDIA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS; SALIVA LEVEL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS;

EID: 49749134693     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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