Non-invasive monitoring of adrenocortical function in female domestic pigs using saliva and faeces as sample matrices

• Tanja E. Wolf ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tanja.wolf@tuks.co.za (TEW); mangwiron@yahoo.com (NM)

  ¶‡ TEW and NM share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Mammal Research Institute, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4040-8425

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• Norbert Mangwiro ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: tanja.wolf@tuks.co.za (TEW); mangwiron@yahoo.com (NM)

  ¶‡ TEW and NM share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Production Animal Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa

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• Folorunso O. Fasina,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Production Animal Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa, ECTAD, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Tanzania

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• Andre Ganswindt

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Mammal Research Institute, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Endocrine Research Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa

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