Seasonal rhythms of salivary cortisol secretion in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-264

  Menargues Marcilla, Asunción ^a   Urios, Vicente ^a   Limiñana, Rubén ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Asian elephant; Non invasive; Salivary cortisol; Seasonality; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84858861551     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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