Cortisol Response of Female Rhesus Monkeys to Venipuncture in Homecage Versus Venipuncture in Restraint Apparatus

Abstract
Cortisol response of ten single‐caged adult female rhesus monkeys during venipuncture in a restraint apparatus was compared with Cortisol response of ten paired and five single‐caged adult female rhesus monkeys during venipuncture in the homecage. Results demonstrated that in‐homecagc venipuncture offers a methodological improvement for research protocols that require blood collection of undisturbed animals.
Funding Information
  • U.S. Public Health Service
  • National Institutes of Health (RR‐00167)

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