Evaluation of the stress level in pygmy marmosets (<em>Cebuella pygmaea</em>) by measurement of fecal cortisol

Evaluation of the stress level in pygmy marmosets (<em>Cebuella pygmaea</em>) by measurement of fecal cortisol

<p>The pygmy marmoset (<em>Cebuella pygmaea</em>) is the smallest platyrrhine primate. It lives in gallery forests in the Upper Amazon basin of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. Although all the Ecuadorian primate species are threatened by human activities, the pygmy mar...

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Main Authors: Estefanía Espinosa Mata, Stella de la Torre, Venancio S. Arahana B., María de Lourdes Torres P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad San Francisco de Quito 2015-12-01
Series:ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías
Subjects:
Cebuella pygmaea
estrés
cortisol en heces
primates
Ecuador
Online Access:http://revistas.usfq.edu.ec/index.php/avances/article/view/254

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