Cortisol response of female rhesus monkeys to venipuncture in homecage versus venipuncture in restraint apparatus.
Cortisol response of ten single-caged adult female rhesus monkeys during venipuncture in a restraint apparatus was compared with cortisol response of ten paired and five single-caged adult female rhesus monkeys during venipuncture in the homecage. Results demonstrated that in-homecage venipuncture offers a methodological improvement for research protocols that require blood collection of undisturbed animals.
Reinhardt
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Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, Madison.
Cowley
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Scheffler
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Vertein
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Wegner
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D000818:Animals; D001815:Bloodletting / Q000662:veterinary*; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005260:Female; D006799:Housing, Animal; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000097:blood* / Q000523:psychology; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary
D006854:Hydrocortisone