Background Endogenous steroid hormone assessment is essential for clinical practice.
These hormones are typically measured in blood. More recently, measurement of steroids in …

Hormones in biological media reveal endocrine activity related to development,
reproduction, disease and stress on different timescales. Serum provides immediate …

Simple Summary Hair can be a useful matrix to examine the hormonal status of an animal,
although it is difficult to correlate the results to a specific time point. We measured seasonal …

Hormone monitoring of at-risk species can be valuable for evaluation of individual
physiological status. Traditional non-invasive endocrine monitoring from urine and faeces …

Slowly reproducing and long-lived terrestrial mammals are often more at risk from
challenges that influence fitness and survival. It is, therefore, important to understand how …

Animal-borne aversive geofencing devices (AGDs, or satellite-linked shock collars) are
commercially available and used on livestock to restrict their movement within a virtual …

The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) is a monotreme endemic to Australia
and New Guinea, and is the most widespread native mammal in Australia. Despite its …

The muskox (Ovibos moschatus), is a keystone species that is important for ecosystem
health, subsistence, and culture. Despite their importance, several populations in the …

Hair cortisol concentration (HCC) is used to assess the long-term retrospective
measurement of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis). HCC reflects HPA axis …

抄録 社会性の強いゾウの動物福祉を考えるうえで, 複数頭飼育をすることは重要である.
しかし単独飼育個体が, 複数頭飼育に移行した事例は少なく, その過程についてはほとんどわかっ …