Basal and stress response cortisol levels and stress avoidance learning in sheep (Ovis ovis)
- 1 August 1996
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Veterinary Journal
- Vol. 44 (4) , 162-163
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00480169.1996.35964
Abstract
Basal and stress related corticosteroid levels show complex patterns of relationship to age, social status and aggressive behaviour (1)(2)(3)(4)(6). I have investigated basal and stress related cortisol levels in sheep subjected to a model of learned stress avoidance, the results of which suggest that factors of stress avoidance learning ability and experience also contribute to cortisol levels.Keywords
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