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Validation of an Alternative Feather Sampling Method to Measure Corticosterone
SIMPLE SUMMARY: Research projects on birds’ welfare or their stress physiology are often complemented by measurements of corticosterone level in feathers. Until now, the common standard for this method is to collect the feathers by plucking, a procedure which on living birds is presumed to be painfu...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694643/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33171996 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10112054 |