Non-Invasive Measurement of Adrenocortical Activity in Blue-Fronted Parrots (Amazona aestiva, Linnaeus, 1758)

João C. P. Ferreira; Caroline J. Fujihara; Erika Fruhvald; Eduardo Trevisol; Flavia C. Destro; Carlos R. Teixeira; José C. F. Pantoja; Elizabeth M. S. Schmidt; Rupert Palme

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145909

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Non-Invasive Measurement of Adrenocortical Activity in Blue-Fronted Parrots (Amazona aestiva, Linnaeus, 1758)

João C. P. Ferreira ,

* E-mail: jcferreira@fmvz.unesp.br

Affiliation Department of Animal Reproduction and Veterinary Radiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Unesp – Univ Estadual Paulista, Rubião Junior s/n, 18.618-970, Botucatu, Brazil
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Caroline J. Fujihara,

Affiliation Department of Animal Reproduction and Veterinary Radiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Unesp – Univ Estadual Paulista, Rubião Junior s/n, 18.618-970, Botucatu, Brazil
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Erika Fruhvald,

Affiliation Department of Animal Reproduction and Veterinary Radiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Unesp – Univ Estadual Paulista, Rubião Junior s/n, 18.618-970, Botucatu, Brazil
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Eduardo Trevisol,

Affiliation Department of Animal Reproduction and Veterinary Radiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Unesp – Univ Estadual Paulista, Rubião Junior s/n, 18.618-970, Botucatu, Brazil
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Flavia C. Destro,

Affiliation Department of Animal Reproduction and Veterinary Radiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Unesp – Univ Estadual Paulista, Rubião Junior s/n, 18.618-970, Botucatu, Brazil
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Carlos R. Teixeira,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Unesp – Univ Estadual Paulista, Rubião Junior s/n, 18.618-970, Botucatu, Brazil
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José C. F. Pantoja,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Hygiene and Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, UNESP – Univ Estadual Paulista, Rubião Junior s/n, 18.618-970, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
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Elizabeth M. S. Schmidt,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinics, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Unesp – Univ Estadual Paulista, Rubião Junior s/n, 18.618-970, Botucatu, Brazil
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Rupert Palme

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Unit of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Experimental Endocrinology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinärplatz 1, 2210, Vienna, Austria
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Non-Invasive Measurement of Adrenocortical Activity in Blue-Fronted Parrots (Amazona aestiva, Linnaeus, 1758)

João C. P. Ferreira,
Caroline J. Fujihara,
Erika Fruhvald,
Eduardo Trevisol,
Flavia C. Destro,
Carlos R. Teixeira,
José C. F. Pantoja,
Elizabeth M. S. Schmidt,
Rupert Palme

Published: December 30, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145909

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