Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites as an indicator of adrenocortical activity in Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and recommendations for future studies

Authors: Malin Larm, Anne Lene Hovland, Rupert Palme, Anne-Mathilde Thierry, Andrea L Miller, Arild Landa, Anders Angerbjörn, Nina E Eide

Publication/Journal: Polar Biology

Keywords: arctic fox, fecal glucocorticoid

2021

Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)

Authors: Samrat Mondol, Rebecca K Booth, Samuel K %J Conservation Physiology Wasser

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers

2020

The effects of kennel size and exercise on the behaviour and stress physiology of individually-housed greyhounds

Authors: E. C. Jongman, K. L. Butler, P. H. Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: exercise, greyhounds, housing, space allowance, welfare

2018

Acute ACTH-induced elevations of circulating cortisol do not affect hair cortisol concentrations in calves

Authors: O. Tallo-Parra, M. Lopez-Bejar, A. Carbajal, L. Monclus, X. Manteca, M. Devant

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: acth, adrenocorticotropic hormone challenge, age, animal welfare, blood cortisol, body region, bovine, corticosterone, cows, dairy cattle, endocrinology & metabolism, external, factors, future-directions, hair cortisol, stress, validation

2017

Acute social stress-induced immunomodulation in pigs high and low responders to ACTH

Authors: Elodie Bacou, Karine Haurogné, Grégoire Mignot, Marie Allard, Laurence De Beaurepaire, Jordan Marchand, Elena Terenina, Yvon Billon, Julien Jacques, Jean-Marie Bach, Pierre Mormède, Julie Hervé, Blandine Lieubeau

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: catecholamines, cortisol, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, neuroimmunomodulation, pig, stress

2017

Faecal cortisol metabolites as an indicator of adrenocortical activity in farmed silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Authors: Anne Lene Hovland, Anne Marit S. Rød, Marit Skog Eriksen, Rupert Palme, Janicke Nordgreen, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: acth stimulation, faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, handling, silver fox, stress, validation

2017

Non-invasive assessment of adrenocortical function as a measure of stress in the endangered golden langur

Authors: Jatin Sarmah, Chaya R. Hazarika, Elizabeth V. Berkeley, Stefanie B. Ganswindt, Andre Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acth challenge test, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, golden langur, non-invasive stress monitoring

2017

Risk-averse personalities have a systemically potentiated neuroendocrine stress axis: A multilevel experiment in Parus major

Authors: Alexander T. Baugh, Rebecca A. Senft, Marian Firke, Abigail Lauder, Julia Schroeder, Simone L. Meddle, Kees van Oers, Michaela Hau

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: acth, behavioral syndromes, corticosterone, dexamethasone, glucocorticoid receptor, hpa axis, mineralocorticoid receptor, negative feedback, personality, stress

2017

A users guide to HPA axis research

Authors: Robert L. Spencer, Terrence Deak

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: acth, corticosterone, cortisol, glucocorticoid, hpa axis, stress

2017

Associations between temperament and gene polymorphisms in the brain dopaminergic system and the adrenal gland of sheep

Authors: Xiaoyan Qiu, Jason Ledger, Chen Zheng, Graeme B. Martin, Dominique Blache

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cyp17, dopamine receptor, glucocorticoid, monoamine oxidase, stress

2016

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