| Literature DB >> 17727851 |
Pier A Accorsi1, Elena Carloni, Paola Valsecchi, Roberta Viggiani, Matteo Gamberoni, Carlo Tamanini, Eraldo Seren.
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The present study explored the feasibility of a hair cortisol assay in domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) and dogs (Canis familiaris) as a valid and reliable alternative to existing non-invasive techniques for monitoring the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity. To this aim, 56 new hair growth samples and 870 faecal samples from 27 domestic cats and 29 domestic dogs were collected and cortisol content was assessed. A significant positive association was observed in both species between the concentrations of cortisol determined in hair and faeces. This finding is discussed in the light of the existing knowledge of hair physiology and in the perspective of its application to studies on chronic stress.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17727851 DOI： 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.07.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gen Comp Endocrinol ISSN： 0016-6480 Impact factor: 2.822