MHS status and salivary cortisol concentration in individually housed pigs
Salivary cortisol was evaluated as stress measure in pigs of two malignant hyperthermia (MH) genotypes (NN and Nn), housed individually in metabolic cages and in comfortable large pens with straw. Three replicates were done, each including 8 German Landrace barrows, four (2 NN, 2 Nn) housed in pe...
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| description | Salivary cortisol was evaluated as stress measure in pigs of two malignant hyperthermia (MH)
genotypes (NN and Nn), housed individually in metabolic cages and in comfortable large pens
with straw. Three replicates were done, each including 8 German Landrace barrows, four (2 NN,
2 Nn) housed in pens and four (2 NN, 2 Nn) in metabolic cages. Altogether there were 24
animals included in the experiment. Saliva samples of all animals were collected simultaneously
every 15 minutes between 8.00 and 11.00 a.m. on days 8, 22 and 36 of the experiment. Pigs in
more stressful conditions (metabolic cages) had higher salivary cortisol values than pigs in pens,
indicating that salivary cortisol might be a suitable indicator of stress in pigs. Higher salivary
cortisol values in NN- in comparison to Nn- pigs indicated stronger response to stressful
conditions in NN-genotype. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a8d6a9f4cdeb4767a325a0cf304c40d52025-08-20T02:04:45ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Agriculturae Slovenica1854-19412006-11-01881293610.14720/aas.2006.88.1.1505821450MHS status and salivary cortisol concentration in individually housed pigsNataša SIARD0Ivan ŠTUHEC1Univ. of Ljubljani, Biotechnical Fac., Zootechnical Dept., Groblje 3, SI-1230 Domale, SloveniaUniv. of Ljubljani, Biotechnical Fac., Zootechnical Dept., Groblje 3, SI-1230 Domale, SloveniaSalivary cortisol was evaluated as stress measure in pigs of two malignant hyperthermia (MH) genotypes (NN and Nn), housed individually in metabolic cages and in comfortable large pens with straw. Three replicates were done, each including 8 German Landrace barrows, four (2 NN, 2 Nn) housed in pens and four (2 NN, 2 Nn) in metabolic cages. Altogether there were 24 animals included in the experiment. Saliva samples of all animals were collected simultaneously every 15 minutes between 8.00 and 11.00 a.m. on days 8, 22 and 36 of the experiment. Pigs in more stressful conditions (metabolic cages) had higher salivary cortisol values than pigs in pens, indicating that salivary cortisol might be a suitable indicator of stress in pigs. Higher salivary cortisol values in NN- in comparison to Nn- pigs indicated stronger response to stressful conditions in NN-genotype.https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/15058pigsanimal physiologyendocrinologymalignant hyperthermiasalivaplasmacortisol |
| spellingShingle | Nataša SIARD Ivan ŠTUHEC MHS status and salivary cortisol concentration in individually housed pigs Acta Agriculturae Slovenica pigs animal physiology endocrinology malignant hyperthermia saliva plasma cortisol |
| title | MHS status and salivary cortisol concentration in individually housed pigs |
| title_full | MHS status and salivary cortisol concentration in individually housed pigs |
| title_fullStr | MHS status and salivary cortisol concentration in individually housed pigs |
| title_full_unstemmed | MHS status and salivary cortisol concentration in individually housed pigs |
| title_short | MHS status and salivary cortisol concentration in individually housed pigs |
| title_sort | mhs status and salivary cortisol concentration in individually housed pigs |
| topic | pigs animal physiology endocrinology malignant hyperthermia saliva plasma cortisol |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/15058 |
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