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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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Autores principales: Roth, Lina S. V., Faresjö, Åshild, Theodorsson, Elvar, Jensen, Per
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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