ReviewFrontiers in veterinary science2023
Stress in wildlife: comparison of the stress response among domestic, captive, and free-ranging animals.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- 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
- Stress, needs, and behaviour: understanding chronic stress in pet domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) from the prism of needs.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Mechanistic Insights into Wildlife Cancer and Conservation Strategies Under the One Health Framework.Veterinary sciences · 2026Review
- MultisystemicJournal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2026Article
- 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
- Animal Welfare, Carcass-Processing Practices and Post-Mortem Lesions in Nigerian Municipal Slaughterhouses: Implications for Meat Quality and Public Health Security.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Ecological and Ethological Assessment of CaptiveAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Utilization of Enclosure Space by Critically Endangered Musk Deer in Captivity.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Hair cortisol concentrations as marker of chronic stress in wild roe deer (Capreolus capreolus).Veterinary research communications · 2026Article
- Non-Invasive Assessment of Adrenal Activity in the Subterranean RodentAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Molecular characterization of tick-borne piroplasms in captive megaherbivores in Thailand.Parasitology research · 2026Article
- When touch is stressful: acute endocrine and behavioral responses of domestic rabbits to unfamiliar human handling.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Non-chemical, chemical, and biochemical, endocrine disruptors: biphasic health effects and pathophysiological insights.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites as stress biomarkers in common buzzards (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Ambient fine particulate matter exposure influences oxidative stress and glucocorticoid concentrations in captive Asian elephants in Thailand.Conservation physiology · 2026Article
- Personality, Stereotypy, and Responses to Crate Entry in Captive Giant Pandas.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Appraisal of Allostatic Load in Wild Boars Under a Controlled Environment.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Effects of Flight Restraint and Housing Conditions on Feather Corticosterone in White Storks Under Human Care.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Dolphin Pituitary Gland: Immunohistochemistry and Ultrastructural Cell Characterization Following a Novel Anatomical Dissection Protocol and Non-Invasive Imaging (MRI).Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Stress level in companion dogs with and without atopic dermatitis.Journal of animal science and technology · 2025Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The stress response, which involves joint activity of the nervous and endocrine systems, is one of the basic adaptive mechanisms that ensures the survival of the individual. The activation of the sympathetic nervous system, the sympathetic-adrenal-medullary axis, and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis enables organisms to respond to endogenous and exogenous challenges. Repeated short-term stress leads to long-term stress, which disrupts physiological homeostasis. Unlike domestic animals, wild animals are not protected from environmental and weather influences or treated for diseases. In addition, climate change, habitat fragmentation and loss, and urban stressors (such as light, noise and chemical pollution; xenobiotics; traffic; and buildings) affect individual wildlife and populations. In this review, we have attempted to depict the magnitude of the stress response in wildlife and related domestic animals as well as in captive and free-ranging animals. The intensity of the stress response can be estimated by determining the concentration of glucocorticoids in body fluids, tissues, and excreta. A comparison of results from different studies suggests that domestic animals have lower fecal and hair glucocorticoid concentrations than related wild animals. Additionally, fecal and hair glucocorticoid concentrations in captive animals are higher than in free-ranging animals of the same species. As there are limited data on this topic, we cannot draw definitive conclusions about glucocorticoid concentration and stress response. Further studies are needed to clarify these issues.
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