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Effects of crowding and sex on fecal cortisol levels of captive forest musk deer

BACKGROUND: Restricted space and close contact with conspecifics in captivity may be stressful for musk deer, as they are highly territorial and solitary in the wild. So we tested the effects of crowding on stress of forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) in heterosexual groups, using fecal cortisol...

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Autores principales: He, Lan, Wang, Wen-Xia, Li, Lin-Hai, Liu, Bao-Qing, Liu, Gang, Liu, Shu-Qiang, Qi, Lei, Hu, De-Fu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4222733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25418206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/0717-6287-47-48