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Temporal stability of fecal cortisol metabolites in mountain-dwelling ungulates

Fecal cortisol metabolites (FCMs) are widely used to track stress responses in wildlife and captive species. Rules of thumb suggest that samples should be collected as soon as possible after defecation, to avoid decay of FCMs. To date, however, only a few studies investigated the stability of defeca...

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Autores principales: Donini, Valerio, Iacona, Elisa, Pedrotti, Luca, Macho-Maschler, Sabine, Palme, Rupert, Corlatti, Luca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8948117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35325316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-022-01792-y