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Title: Declining and low fecal corticoids are associated with distress, not acclimation to stress, during the translocation of African rhinoceros
Author(s): Linklater, W.L.; MacDonald, E.A.; Flamand, J.R.B.; Czekala, N.M.
Year published: 2010
Journal: Animal Conservation
Volume: 13 (1)
Pages: 104-111
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African Rhino Species
Concentrations of adrenal steroid metabolites in feces are routinely used to assess the welfare of animals that are the subject of conservation efforts. The assumption that low and declining corticoid concentrations indicate the absence of stress and acclimation, respectively, is often made witho...
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