Maternal and neonatal canine cortisol measurement in multiple matrices during the perinatal period: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT: Stress exposure during perinatal period may lead to maternal cortisol increase that negatively affects the offspring development. In recent years, the interest on non-invasive sampling methods to measure cortisol as a marker of stress is increasing in both humans and animals. Indeed, discomfort due to blood collection may compromise the diagnostic outcome, mainly in uncooperative patients. So far, some alternative matrices but not milk have been explored in adult dogs, while no data are available on the neonate and paediatric live pups. This study aimed to measure cortisol concentration in different biological substrates in both dams (blood, saliva, hair and milk) and pups (saliva and hair) at established times from proestrus up to two months after parturition. For this purpose, five femal

SUBMITTER: Groppetti D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8297866 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature