Evaluation of Endogenous Faecal Cortisol as a Non Invasive Assessment of Stress in Free Ranging Wild Pigs (Sus Scrofa)

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dc.contributor.authorAllwin, Boon
dc.contributor.authorJayathangaraj, M.G.
dc.contributor.authorPalanivelrajan, M.
dc.contributor.authorRaman, M.
dc.contributor.authorTANUVAS
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-25T11:16:35Z
dc.date.available2017-05-25T11:16:35Z
dc.date.issued2015-04
dc.description.abstractThe study was carried out to assess the faecal cortisol concentration in wild pigs entering the agricultural fields around the adjoining areas of Mudumalai Tiger reserve (MTR), Sathyamangalam Tiger reserve (STR) and Anamalai tiger reserve (ATR) of Tamil Nadu, India, in order to arrive at the baseline values contributing to the stress factors. Faecal samples collected from wild pigs in each of these areas were subjected to Enzyme Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA) for estimation of faecal cortisol level and the mean faecal cortisol concentration of wild pigs were arrived. The occurrences of conflict, lack of food and water availability, temperature, rainfall and prey prevalence played an important role to their stress quotients. Suitable management related measures were recommended. The findings demonstrated that fecal glucocorticoid assays provide an index of physiological stress in wild pigs. These techniques may prove useful in addressing conservation issues and additionally being non invasive.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810012478
dc.keywordsFaecal Cortisol, Stress, Wild pigsen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.pages4en_US
dc.publisherTANUVASen_US
dc.subjectVeterinary Scienceen_US
dc.titleEvaluation of Endogenous Faecal Cortisol as a Non Invasive Assessment of Stress in Free Ranging Wild Pigs (Sus Scrofa)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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