May Salivary Chromogranin A Act as a Physiological Index of Stress in Transported Donkeys? A Pilot Study

May Salivary Chromogranin A Act as a Physiological Index of Stress in Transported Donkeys? A Pilot Study

Road transport is known to be a stressful animal husbandry procedure as it induces the activation of two main physiological stress-related pathways: the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal cortex axis and the sympathetic-adrenal medulla axis. This preliminary study aimed to investigate whether salivary c...

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Main Authors: Francesca Dai, Emanuela Dalla Costa, Simona Cannas, Eugenio Ugo Luigi Heinzl, Michela Minero, Silvia Michela Mazzola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
donkeys
transport
stress
welfare
chromogranin A
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/6/972

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