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Hair cortisol varies with season and lifestyle and relates to human interactions in German shepherd dogs
It is challenging to measure long-term endocrine stress responses in animals. We investigated whether cortisol extracted from dog hair reflected the levels of activity and stress long-term, during weeks and months. Hair samples from in total 59 German shepherds were analysed. Samples for measuring c...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4726137/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26791276 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep19631 |