Evaluating capture stress in wild gray mouse lemurs via repeated fecal sampling: Method validation and the influence of prior experience and handling protocols on stress responses

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 195, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-79

  Hämäläinen, Anni ^a,b   Heistermann, Michael ^b   Fenosoa, Zo Samuel Ella ^c   Kraus, Cornelia ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d Courant Research Centre Evolution of Social Behaviour ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Capture and handling; Cortisol; Enzymeimmunoassay; Fecal glucocorticoids; Physiological stress response; Prosimian

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; MOUSE; MOUSE LEMUR; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; CHEIROGALEIDAE; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CHEIROGALEIDAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; MICE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84888039552     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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