2002年12月
Baseline and stress levels of cortisol in conscious and unrestrained Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PRIMATOLOGY
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- 巻
- 31
- 号
- 6
- 開始ページ
- 340
- 終了ページ
- 344
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1034/j.1600-0684.2002.01011.x
- 出版者・発行元
- BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD
A vest and tethering system was applied to Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) to collect blood samples under less stressful conditions. The level of plasma cortisol was assayed to assess the amount of stress. The pattern of plasma cortisol fluctuation during 24 hours was consistent under non-stress conditions. The plasma cortisol level was increased significantly by encounter and venipuncture. The increase was especially noteworthy when the experimental macaques encountered a large adult male, reflecting the strong stress on macaques. As venipuncture is a common medical procedure, and the encounter between macaques who have never met before occurs frequently, this vest and tethering system is useful for the assessment of the amount of stress in the daily care of macaques in a laboratory.
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- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1034/j.1600-0684.2002.01011.x
- ISSN : 0047-2565
- PubMed ID : 12519212
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000179847400004