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The Effect of Disease and Injury on Faecal Cortisol Metabolites, as an Indicator of Stress in Wild Hospitalised Koalas, Endangered Australian Marsupials

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Habitat loss, urbanisation and climate change may cause stress in koalas. Non-invasive monitoring of faecal cortisol metabolites (FCMs) can be utilised to evaluate the impact of stress. The effectiveness of two enzyme immunoassays (EIAs), 50c and cortisol, in measuring FCM values in...

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Autores principales: Santamaria, Flavia, Schlagloth, Rolf, Valenza, Ludovica, Palme, Rupert, de Villiers, Deidre, Henning, Joerg
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9864655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36669066
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10010065