Non-Invasive Assessment of Physiological Stress in Captive Asian Elephants

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (fGCM) concentrations were examined in captive Asian elephants in relation to sex, body condition score, and working conditions. A total of 870 samples from 37 elephants in four elephant facilities were collected. We used a cortisol enzyme immunoassay...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Vinod, Pradheeps, Muthulingam, Kokkiligadda, Adiseshu, Niyogi, Rajashekhar, Umapathy, Govindhaswamy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6720305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31416158
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9080553

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6720305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31416158
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9080553

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