Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites reflect hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus)

• Juliette Di Francesco ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: juliette.difrancesco@ucalgary.ca

  Affiliations Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, French Armed Forces Center for Epidemiology and Public Health (CESPA), Marseille, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8838-3696

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• Gabriela F. Mastromonaco,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Reproductive Sciences Unit, Toronto Zoo, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6229-0355

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• Janice E. Rowell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

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• John Blake,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Animal Resources Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America

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• Sylvia L. Checkley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Susan Kutz

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Ecosystem and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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