Cortisol levels in cats’ hair in presence or absence of Microsporum canis infection

Galuppi, Roberta; Leveque, J. F. C.; Beghelli, Valentina; Bonoli, Cristina; Mattioli, Michela; Ostanello, Fabio; Tampieri, Maria Paola; Accorsi, Pier Attilio

doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.07.023

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“…; Galuppi et al . ). Ultimately, additional validations using carefully designed challenge experiments and longitudinal sampling will facilitate interpretation of steroid hormone measurements in mammals with both seasonal and non‐seasonal moult patterns.…”

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“…Bryan et al 2013b), we assumed that the hormones in wolf hair reflected endocrine activity and associated life-history events during hair growth. Although linking hair samples to a specific time period is more challenging in species with non-seasonal or unknown moult patterns, a number of studies have found that hair hormone levels reflect chronic, baseline levels relating to interesting biological and ecological patterns (Koren et al 2002;Koren, Mokady & Geffen 2006;Koren & Geffen 2009a,b;Finkler & Terkel 2010;Bryan et al 2013a;Galuppi et al 2013). Ultimately, additional validations using carefully designed challenge experiments and longitudinal sampling will facilitate interpretation of steroid hormone measurements in mammals with both seasonal and non-seasonal moult patterns.…”

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Heavily hunted wolves have higher stress and reproductive steroids than wolves with lower hunting pressure

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Summary1. Human-caused harassment and mortality (e.g. hunting) affects many aspects of wildlife population dynamics and social structure. Little is known, however, about the social and physiological effects of hunting, which might provide valuable insights into the mechanisms by which wildlife respond to human-caused mortality. 2. To investigate physiological consequences of hunting, we measured stress and reproductive hormones in hair, which reflect endocrine activity during hair growth. Applying this novel approach, we compared steroid hormone levels in hair of wolves (Canis lupus) living in Canada's tundra-taiga (n = 103) that experience heavy rates of hunting with those in the northern boreal forest (n = 45) where hunting pressure is substantially lower. 3. The hair samples revealed that progesterone was higher in tundra-taiga wolves, possibly reflecting increased reproductive effort and social disruption in response to human-related mortality. Tundra-taiga wolves also had higher testosterone and cortisol levels, which may reflect social instability. 4. To control for habitat differences, we also measured cortisol in an out-group of boreal forest wolves (n = 30) that were killed as part of a control programme. Cortisol was higher in the boreal out-group than in our study population from the northern boreal forest. 5. Overall, our findings support the social and physiological consequences of human-caused mortality. Long-term implications of altered physiological responses should be considered in management and conservations strategies.

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Heavily hunted wolves have higher stress and reproductive steroids than wolves with lower hunting pressure

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“…Galuppi et al (2013) studied the relation between Microsporum canis infection in cats and hair cortisol concentrations, but so far no one has considered parasitic loads and hair steroids concentrations (Galuppi et al, 2013). The DHEA assay was validated in hair samples (Chen et al, 2013, Gao et al, 2013) however, to our knowledge, no study has been performed on hair DHEA concentrations in pigs.…”

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Hair cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone concentrations in naturally Taenia solium infected pigs in Tanzania

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Prandi

et al. 2017

General and Comparative Endocrinology

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“…To date, many studies have reported the determination of the hormonal concentration of cortisol in human hair (Meyer and Novak 2012;Stalder and Kirschbaum 2012), that of domestic animals, e.g., dogs, cats and cows (Accorsi et al 2008;Galuppi et al 2013;Cobb doi: 10.17221/19/2017-VETMED et al 2016Peric et al 2017) and in the hair of wild animals such as squirrels, chimpanzees and bears (Bechshoft et al 2011;Mastromonaco et al 2014;Yamanashi et al 2016). This paper is a summary and overview of the current scientific knowledge concerning cortisol determination in hair obtained from dogs, the factors affecting it, the methods used in the detection and the possible applications of this knowledge in practice.…”

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Analysis of cortisol in dog hair - a potential biomarker of chronic stress: a review

Mesarčová¹,

Kottferová²,

Skurková³

et al. 2017

Vet. Med.

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Cortisol, which is produced in the adrenal glands, is an endogenous glucocorticoid hormone that delivers its hormonal message to cells by acting on glucocorticoid receptors. It is one of the main stress hormones responsible for stress responses in animals and humans, and its overproduction is characteristic of certain diseases. While acute stress disorder can be evaluated by means of measuring the cortisol concentration in blood and urine, chronic stress disorder can be detected by monitoring the cortisol concentration in fur or hair. Hair collection is simple, inexpensive and non-invasive, and can be performed easily and rapidly; thus, it appears to be a suitable method for determining the level of stress in dogs from shelters, abused dogs or dogs involved in different types of animal interactions. Since it is a relatively new method, monitoring cortisol in hair or fur requires further research in order to definitively prove its efficacy, and possibly to determine reference range values for different breeds of dogs.

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Cortisol levels in cats’ hair in presence or absence of Microsporum canis infection

Cited by 17 publications

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Heavily hunted wolves have higher stress and reproductive steroids than wolves with lower hunting pressure

Heavily hunted wolves have higher stress and reproductive steroids than wolves with lower hunting pressure

Hair cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone concentrations in naturally Taenia solium infected pigs in Tanzania

Analysis of cortisol in dog hair - a potential biomarker of chronic stress: a review

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