Analyses of fecal and hair glucocorticoids to evaluate short- and long-term stress and recovery of Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) removed from bile farms in China

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 185, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-106

  Malcolm, K D ^a,b   McShea, W J ^b   Van Deelen, T R ^a   Bacon, H J ^c   Liu, F ^d   Putman, S ^b   Zhu, X ^e   Brown, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Animals Asia Foundation   (China)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; Bile farming; Fecal glucocorticoids; Hair cortisol; Stress; Ursus thibetanus

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BILE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HYDROCORTISONE FECES LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE HAIR LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONG TERM STRESS; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT TERM STRESS; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 84874779087     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.01.014     Document Type: Article

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