A claws and hair cortisol levels correlation in cats.

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.6788

Justyna Wojtaś, Aleksandra Garbiec, M. Karpiński, P. Czyżowski, Klaudia Kaliszyk, Paweł Niedzielski, Aleksandra Ogrodnik, Patrycja Skowronek, A. Strachecka

引用次数: 0

Abstract

The accumulation of cortisol in hair and claws, which grow slowly, makes it possible to retrospectively assess chronic stress levels. The study involved 47 cats from a shelter for homeless animals. Hair from the lumbosacral region and the dead part of claws from the front paw were collected. The average cortisol levels were 0.85 ng/ml in the cats’ hair and 4.56 ng/ml in the claws. There was no significant relationship between cortisol levels in hair and claws. To date, too little research has been done on the correlation between cortisol levels in the hair and claws of cats. It is insufficient to unequivocally prove the existence of such a relationship.

查看原文本刊更多论文

猫爪子和毛发皮质醇水平的相关性。

毛发和爪子生长缓慢，皮质醇的积累使得回顾性评估慢性压力水平成为可能。这项研究涉及47只流浪动物收容所的猫。收集腰骶部毛发和前爪爪死部。猫毛的平均皮质醇水平为0.85 ng/ml，爪子的平均皮质醇水平为4.56 ng/ml。毛发和爪子的皮质醇水平之间没有显著的关系。迄今为止，关于猫的毛发和爪子中的皮质醇水平之间的相关性的研究还太少。明确地证明这种关系的存在是不够的。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

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

CiteScore

0.80

自引率

0.00%

发文量

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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.