Effects of crowding and sex on fecal cortisol levels of captive forest musk deer

BACKGROUND: Restricted space and close contact with conspecifics in captivity may be stressful for musk deer, as they are highly territorial and solitary in the wild. So we tested the effects of crowding on stress of forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) in heterosexual groups, using fecal cortisol...

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Main Authors: Lan He, Wen-Xia Wang, Lin-Hai Li, Bao-Qing Liu, Gang Liu, Shu-Qiang Liu, Lei Qi, De-Fu Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-01-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602014000100071&lng=en&tlng=en

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