Hunting activity is usually seen as a factor capable of causing an intense stress response in wildlife that may lead to short but also long-term stress. In the Lousã Mountain, Portugal, the population of red deer (Cervus elaphus) is the target of intensive seasonal hunting. We collected and measured cortisol (and its metabolites) in three tissues types (blood, feces and hair) from red deer hunted during two hun...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:19:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-01-01. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2021-07-15T14:33:55Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S0100-736X2016001300041.pdf: 953210 bytes, checksum: 265173808941672b273ee3a13829bb8f (MD5); The aim of this study was to evaluate the response of blue-fronted parrots to restraint procedures and separation by non-invasive methods such ...
Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-11T17:00:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-12-01; Parrots kept in zoos and private households often develop psychological and behavioural disorders. Despite knowing that such disorders have a multifactorial aetiology and that chronic stress is involved, little is known about their development mainly due to a poor understanding of the parrots' physiolog...