Stress in captive Blue-fronted parrots (Amazona aestiva): the animalists’ tale
| Autor: | José Maurício Barbanti Duarte, Mar Roldán, Maurício Durante Christofoletti, Yuki Tanaka, David Javier Galindo, Alan Chesna Vidal |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Physiology media_common.quotation_subject Metabolite Population Captivity Zoology cortisol Management Monitoring Policy and Law 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Cortisol 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Corticosterone medicine education Psittacidae 030304 developmental biology Nature and Landscape Conservation media_common 0303 health sciences education.field_of_study biology corticosterone Ecological Modeling biology.organism_classification Amazona aestiva captivity chemistry urofaecal glucocorticoid metabolites Reproduction Glucocorticoid Research Article Urofaecal glucocorticoid metabolites medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Scopus Repositório Institucional da UNESP Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) instacron:UNESP Conservation Physiology |
| ISSN: | 2051-1434 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/conphys/coz097 |
| Popis: | Lay summary Captivity has traditionally been considered a stressful habitat for wildlife. In this study, urofaecal glucocorticoid metabolites of wild and captive Blue-fronted amazon parrots (Amazona aestiva) subjected to different husbandry systems were determined. Results reveal lower corticoid levels in individuals maintained in captivity than in the free-ranging ones. Understanding stress physiology is crucial for species management because high levels of stress can reduce reproduction and the individual’s ability to face threats to survive. One of the most popular methods for non-invasive monitoring of animal endocrine status is the glucocorticoid (GC) metabolite measurements, which can provide important information about how animals are affected by their surrounding environment. Here, we carried out the biological validation of corticosterone enzyme immunoassays (EIAs), which together with a cortisol EIA was used to quantified the concentrations of urofaecal GC metabolites (uGCMs) in wild and captive Blue-fronted amazon parrots (Amazona aestiva). Urofaecal GC concentrations were significantly higher (P |
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