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Reference Base  Measuring faecal cortisol metabolites: a non-invasive too... |
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Measuring faecal cortisol metabolites: a non-invasive tool to evaluate adrenocortical activity in mammals |
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Palme, R.; Robia, C.; Messmann, S.; Moestl, E. |
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1998 |
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Advances in Ethology |
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33 |
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27 |
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| Stress in mammals results in the activation of the adrenal gland. Measuring faecal cortisol metabolises as an indicator of stress in animals offers the advantage of a simple sampling technique. However, we found marked species differences regarding the proportion of excreted metabolites via the... |
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