Glucocorticoid response to changes in enclosure size and human proximity in the Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager)

Stress

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-61

  Vick, Mandi M ^a,b   Wildt, David E ^a   Turner, Jessica B ^c   Palme, Rupert ^d   Wolfe, Barbara A ^b   Pukazhenthi, Budhan S ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b The Wilds   (United States)

^c MUSKINGUM COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Enclosure size; Equid; Glucocorticoids; Onager; Seasonal

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; URINE CULTURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIDAE; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEASONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 83455201620     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2011.578267     Document Type: Article

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