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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021

Comparison of Two Different Feather Sampling Methods to Measure Corticosterone in Wild Greater Flamingos (

Marielu Voit, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen, Roswitha Merle, Lukas Reese, Mechthild Wiegard, Hermann Will, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Annaïs Carbajal, Manel Lopez-Bejar and 1 more

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Refinement in the European Union: A Systematic Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Marielu VoitInstitute for Animal Welfare, Animal Behavior and Laboratory Animal Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Königsweg 67, 14163 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0079-7959
Katrin BaumgartnerZoo Nuremberg, Am Tiergarten 30, 90480 Nuremberg, Germany.
Lorenzo von FersenZoo Nuremberg, Am Tiergarten 30, 90480 Nuremberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3451-0530
Roswitha MerleInstitute for Veterinary Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Freie Universität Berlin, Königsweg 67, 14163 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8688-2926
Lukas ReeseZoologischer Stadtgarten Karlsruhe, Ettlinger Straße 6, 76137 Karlsruhe, Germany.
Mechthild WiegardInstitute for Animal Welfare, Animal Behavior and Laboratory Animal Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Königsweg 67, 14163 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1934-9187
Hermann WillZoo Nuremberg, Am Tiergarten 30, 90480 Nuremberg, Germany.
Oriol Tallo-ParraVeterinary Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0273-9824
Annaïs CarbajalVeterinary Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4339-6661
Manel Lopez-BejarVeterinary Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9490-6126
Christa Thöne-ReinekeInstitute for Animal Welfare, Animal Behavior and Laboratory Animal Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Königsweg 67, 14163 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0782-2755

Funding

Zoo Leipzig, Zoo Nürnberg 8500 €
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research project had the aim to validate the possible alternative and less-painful sampling method of cutting feathers close to the skin instead of plucking them for subsequent feather corticosterone analysis, confirming recently-published results for other species in captivity. Analyzing CORTf is often used in animal welfare studies in combination with behavioral monitoring. The background of this idea was to act in the sense of animal welfare and reduce the burden of animal studies according to the 3-R-Principle (Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement) by refining procedures. To confirm the hypothesis that the sampling method itself has no influence on CORTf levels measured, plucked and cut samples of the respective bird were collected. Birds of two wild species were used: the Mallard (

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animal welfarecomparative studycut feathersfeather corticosteroneGreater Flamingoless invasiveMallardplucked feathersrefinementsex comparisonwild birds

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PMCPMC8532614

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