TY  - JOUR
AB  - To assess the stress due to hot ambience in donkeys from arid tracts in Rajasthan state, India, serum prolactin and cortisol levels were determined by radioimmunoassay. The blood samples to harvest the serum were collected from the same animals during moderate (maximum temperature of 280C - 290C) and hot (maximum temperature of 450C- 460C) ambiences. During hot ambience the animals showed significantly (p<0.05) higher levels of serum prolactin and cortisol when compared to the moderate ambience. The mean rise in prolactin was 4.42 times whereas cortisol levels were 4.22 times higher. Further a multiple fold rise in serum prolactin clearly suggested that it can also be used as an indicator of stress in donkeys along with the cortisol.
AU  - Kataria, N.
AU  - Kataria, A. K.
ET  - 2010
KW  - Cortisol
donkey
hot ambience
prolactin
stress
M1  - 4
M3  - ORIGINAL ARTICLE
PY  - 2010
SN  - 1997-0838
SP  - 12-17
ST  - Assessment of stress due to hot ambience in donkeys from arid tracts in India
T2  - Journal of Stress Physiology & Biochemistry
TI  - Assessment of stress due to hot ambience in donkeys from arid tracts in India
UR  - http://www.jspb.ru/issues/2010/N4/JSPB_2010_4_12-17.pdf
VL  - 6
ID  - 236
ER  -