Declining and low fecal corticoids are associated with distress, not acclimation to stress, during the translocation of African rhinoceros

Animal Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-111

  Linklater, W L ^a,b,c   MacDonald, E A ^c,d   Flamand, J R B ^e   Czekala, N M ^c,f  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d Wellington Zoo   (New Zealand)

^e EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

^f Papoose Conservation Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Ceratotherium simum; Diceros bicornis; Glucocorticoid; Progestin

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ANDROGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FECES; IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLITE; STEROID; TRANSLOCATION; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; DICEROS BICORNIS; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 75649143342     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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