ArticleConservation physiology2016
Parasites, stress and reindeer: infection with abomasal nematodes is not associated with elevated glucocorticoid levels in hair or faeces.
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- Analysis of different biological matrices for glucocorticoid detection in wild Cervidae and Bovidae from Europe and North America: a review.BMC veterinary research · 2025Pooled it
- Corticosterone Under Experimental Manipulation of Nutrition and Parasite Burden in a Wild Rodent System.Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology · 2026Article
- A Sustainable Strategy for Gastrointestinal Nematode Control in Sheep.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Could hair cortisol in free-ranging cattle be a proxy of wolf predation patterns?Conservation physiology · 2026Article
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- Effects of gastrointestinal parasites on fecal glucocorticoids and behaviour in vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus).PloS one · 2025Article
- Evaluation of physiological stress in free-ranging bears: current knowledge and future directions.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2023Review
- Variation of hair cortisol in two herds of migratory caribou (Conservation physiology · 2023Article
- Qiviut cortisol is associated with metrics of health and other intrinsic and extrinsic factors in wild muskoxen (Conservation physiology · 2022Article
- Cortisol levels in blood and hair of unanesthetized grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) following intravenous cosyntropin injection.Veterinary medicine and science · 2021Article
- Stress hormone level and the welfare of captive European bison (Bison bonasus): the effects of visitor pressure and the social structure of herds.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2021Article
- Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites reflect hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus).PloS one · 2021Article
- Measuring Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites to Assess Adrenocortical Activity in Reindeer.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2019Article
- Lethal and sublethal impacts of a micropredator on post-settlement Caribbean reef fishes.Oecologia · 2019Article
- Chronic stress and body condition of wolf-killed prey in Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan.Conservation physiology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Stress hormones (glucocorticoids), incorporated into hair/fur and faeces, have been proposed as biomarkers of overall health in wildlife. Although such biomarkers may be helpful for wildlife conservation and management, their use has rarely been validated. There is a paucity of studies examining the variation of stress hormones in mammals and how they relate to other health measures, such as parasitism. Parasites are ubiquitous in wildlife and can influence the fitness of individual animals and populations. Through a longitudinal experiment using captive reindeer (
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