Conservation physiology proposes that measures of physiological stress (glucocorticoid
levels) can be used to assess the status and future fate of natural populations. Increases in …

In recent years, the noninvasive monitoring of steroid hormone metabolites in feces of
mammals and droppings of birds has become an increasingly popular technique. It offers …

Non-invasive techniques to monitor stress hormones in small animals like mice offer several
advantages and are highly demanded in laboratory as well as in field research. Since …

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite analyses are increasingly being used by a variety of
scientists (eg, conservation biologists, animal scientists) to examine glucocorticoid (ie, stress …

In small animals like mice, the monitoring of endocrine functions over time is constrained
seriously by the adverse effects of blood sampling. Therefore, noninvasive techniques to …

Conservation medicine is a discipline in which researchers and conservationists study and
respond to the dynamic interplay between animals, humans, and the environment. From a …

The replicability of results derived from studies in rodents might be influenced by stress
caused by inappropriate housing conditions. Here we compared the experimental behaviour …

Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) held ex situ can provide an important resource for obtaining
new biological information that usually cannot be gleaned from free-living individuals …

Mice are used extensively in physiological research. Automated home‐cage systems have
been developed to study single‐housed animals. Increased stress by different housing …

Behaviour was assessed in 32 C57BL/6JCrl and 32 C3H/HeN male mice 1h following
vasectomy; saline or meloxicam was administered 30min prior to surgery at 5, 10, or …