Investigating the Role of Prolactin as a Potential Biomarker of Stress in Castrated Male Domestic Dogs

Prolactin has been recently regarded as a potential biomarker of both acute and chronic stress in several species. Since only few studies until now have focussed on domestic dogs, this study was aimed at evaluating whether prolactin, cortisol and stress behaviour correlated with each other in shelte...

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Main Authors: Jara Gutiérrez, Angelo Gazzano, Federica Pirrone, Claudio Sighieri, Chiara Mariti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
dog
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/9/676