Validation of an enzyme immunoassay and comparison of fecal cortisol metabolite levels in black and gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) inhabiting fragmented and continuous areas of the humid Chaco region, Argentina.

CANTARELLI VI; PEREZ RUEDA A; KOWALEWSKI M; MASTROMONACO G; PONZIO M.F.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

WILEY-LISS, DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INC

Lugar: New York; Año: 2016

0275-2565

p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; mso-layout-grid-align: none;">In the last years, the study of howenvironmental stimuli influence the physiology and specifically theendocrinology of an organism became increasingly important, relying mainly onthe quantification of glucocorticoids to monitor animal welfare. Most studies investigating cortisollevels in primates were focused on the impact of social stressors; however, amajor concern for the conservation of howler monkeys is the increasedhabitat fragmentation led by the advancement of the agricultural frontier. Wecompared fecal cortisol metabolite levels (FGCM) in howler monkeys (Alouattacaraya) living in fragmentedand continuous forests of the Argentine humid Chaco region, throughoutthe warm season