Hair cortisol levels in cats before and during their first month at a homeless animal shelter.

IF 0.4 4区农林科学 Q4 VETERINARY SCIENCES

Medycyna Weterynaryjna-Veterinary Medicine-Science and Practice Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.21521/mw.6822

JUSTYNA WOJTAŚ, MIROSŁAW KARPIŃSKI, PIOTR CZYŻOWSKI, ALEKSANDRA GARBIEC, KLAUDIA KALISZYK, ANNA KLIMAS, KAROLINA PUSTUŁA, KATARZYNA KURPAS, SYLWIA PARSZEWSKA, KAMILA STOKŁOSIŃSKA, MACIEJ BABULA, PATRYCJA SKOWRONEK, ANETA STRACHECKA

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Abstract

Hair cortisol analysis is a helpful tool for non-invasive measurement of the long-term activity of the HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal) axis. Long-term exposure to stressors affects, among others, animals staying in shelters for homeless animals. The study aimed to assess the hair cortisol level in cats from 8 different shelters. Hair grows on average about 1 cm per month. Therefore, it was concluded that the cortisol level in the hair closer than 1 cm to the skin reflected the cortisol level in cats during their stay in the shelter (A period). In contrast, the cortisol level in the rest of the hair corresponded to the cortisol level preceding the cat’s admission to the shelter (B period). Hair cortisol levels in the cats were higher before they arrived at the shelter than during their stay. Hair cortisol levels in the period before the shelter were higher in females than they were in males. On the other hand, during the stay at the shelter, the opposite was true: the cortisol level in females was lower than in males.

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猫在流浪动物收容所前和第一个月的毛发皮质醇水平。

毛发皮质醇分析是非侵入性测量HPA(下丘脑-垂体-肾上腺)轴长期活动的有用工具。长期暴露于压力源会影响住在无家可归动物收容所的动物。这项研究旨在评估来自8个不同庇护所的猫的毛发皮质醇水平。头发平均每个月生长1厘米。因此，我们得出结论，距离皮肤小于1厘米的毛发中的皮质醇水平反映了猫在庇护所逗留期间(A期)的皮质醇水平。相比之下，其余毛发中的皮质醇水平与猫进入庇护所之前的皮质醇水平相对应(B期)。猫的毛发皮质醇水平在到达收容所之前比在收容所期间要高。在进入避难所之前，女性的毛发皮质醇水平高于男性。另一方面，在庇护所逗留期间，情况正好相反:女性的皮质醇水平低于男性。

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Medycyna Weterynaryjna-Veterinary Medicine-Science and Practice VETERINARY SCIENCES-

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期刊介绍： "Medycyna Weterynaryjna" publishes various types of articles which are grouped in the following editorial categories: reviews, original studies, scientific and professional problems, the history of veterinary medicine, posthumous memoirs, as well as chronicles that briefly relate scientific advances and developments in the veterinary profession and medicine. The most important are the first two categories, which are published with short summaries in English. Moreover, from 2001 the editors of "Medycyna Weterynaryjna", bearing in mind market demands, has also started publishing entire works in English. Since 2008 the periodical has appeared in an electronic version. The following are available in this version: summaries of studies published from 1999 to 2005, full versions of all the studies published in the years 2006-2011 (in pdf files), and full versions of the English studies published in the current year (pdf). Only summaries of the remaining studies from the current year are available. In accordance with the principles accepted by the editors, the full versions of these texts will not be made available until next year. All articles are evaluated twice by leading Polish scientists and professionals before they are considered for publication. For years now "Medycyna Weterynaryjna" has maintained a high standard thanks to this system. The review articles are actually succinct monographs dealing with specific scientific and professional problems that are based on the most recent findings. Original works have a particular value, since they present research carried out in Polish and international scientific centers.