dc.contributor.author |
Ponzio, Marina F. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Monfort, Steven L. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Busso, Juan Manuel |
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dc.contributor.author |
Carlini, Valeria P. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Ruiz, Rubén D. |
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dc.contributor.author |
de Cuneo, Marta Fiol |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-06-26T19:20:52Z |
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dc.date.available |
2012-06-26T19:20:52Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2012 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Ponzio, Marina F., Monfort, Steven L., Busso, Juan Manuel, Carlini, Valeria P., Ruiz, Rubén D., and de Cuneo, Marta Fiol. 2012. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/18501">Adrenal activity and anxiety-like behavior in fur-chewing chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera)</a>." <em>Hormones and behavior</em>. 61 (5):758–762. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.03.017">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.03.017</a> |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0018-506X |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10088/18501 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Due to its complexity, in combination with a lack of scientific reports, fur-chewing became one of the most challenging behavioral problems common to captive chinchillas. In the last years, the hypothesis that fur-chewing is an abnormal repetitive behavior and that stress plays a role in its development and performance has arisen. Here, we investigated whether a relationship existed between the expression and intensity of fur-chewing behavior, elevated urinary cortisol excretion and anxiety-related behaviors. Specifically, we evaluated the following parameters in behaviorally normal and fur-chewing animals of both sexes: 1) mean concentrations of urinary cortisol metabolites and 2) anxiety-like behavior in an elevated plus-maze test. Urinary cortisol metabolites were higher only in females that expressed the most severe form of the fur-chewing behavior (P â ¤ 0.05). Likewise, only fur-chewing females exhibited increased (P â ¤ 0.05) anxiety-like behaviors associated with the elevated plus-maze test. Overall, these data provided additional evidence to support the concept that fur-chewing is a manifestation of physiological stress in chinchilla, and that a female sex bias exists in the development of this abnormal behavior. |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Hormones and behavior |
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dc.title |
Adrenal activity and anxiety-like behavior in fur-chewing chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera) |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.srbnumber |
110925 |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.03.017 |
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rft.jtitle |
Hormones and behavior |
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rft.volume |
61 |
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rft.issue |
5 |
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rft.spage |
758 |
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rft.epage |
762 |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
NZP |
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dc.description.SIUnit |
Peer-reviewed |
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dc.citation.spage |
758 |
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dc.citation.epage |
762 |
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