Stress in wildlife species: Noninvasive monitoring of glucocorticoids

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-212

  Romano, Marta C ^a   Rodas, Alba Zulema ^a,b   Valdez, Ricardo A ^a   Hernández, Sandra Elizabeth ^b   Galindo, Francisco ^b   Canales, Domingo ^c   Brousset, Dulce Maria ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Noninvasive techniques; Wildlife species

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL WELFARE; BODY FLUID; CHRONIC STRESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; DEFORESTATION; DOLPHIN; EXCRETION; FAUNA; FELIDAE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER MONKEY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WATER DEPRIVATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; CETACEA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FELIDAE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PRIMATES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 76949100940     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000258726     Document Type: Conference Paper

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