Influence of husbandry systems on physiological stress reactions of captive brown brocket (Mazama gouazoubira) and marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)-noninvasive analysis of fecal cortisol metabolites

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 561-568

  Christofoletti, Maurício Durante ^a   Pereira, Ricardo José Garcia ^a   Duarte, José Maurício Barbanti ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Captivity; Cervidae; Cortisol metabolites; Feces; Management; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BLASTOCEROS DICHOTOMUS; CERVIDAE; MAZAMA GOUAZOUPIRA;

EID: 77955086997     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0350-8     Document Type: Article

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