Urinary corticosterone responses to capture and toe-clipping in the cane toad (Rhinella marina) indicate that toe-clipping is a stressor for amphibians

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-245

  Narayan, Edward J ^a   Molinia, Frank C ^b   Kindermann, Christina ^a   Cockrem, John F ^c   Hero, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Corticosterone; Ethics; Rhinella marina; Stress; Testosterone; Toe clipping

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HANDLING; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE URINE LEVEL; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINELLA MARINA; TESTOSTERONE URINE LEVEL; TOAD; TOE CLIPPING; WILD ANIMAL;

EID: 80054123831     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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