Salivary cortisol concentrations and behavior in a population of healthy dogs hospitalized for elective procedures

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 149-157

  Hekman, Jessica P ^a   Karas, Alicia Z ^a   Dreschel, Nancy A ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Butorphanol; Dexmedetomidine; Dogs; Hospitalization; Salivary cortisol; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORMONE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PARAMETERIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; STEROID;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84867011846     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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