The effect of different types of transportation on plasma cortisol and testosterone concentrations in male goats

Sanhouri, A.A.; Jones, R. S.; Dobson, H.

doi:10.1016/0007-1935(89)90052-3

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“…Many reports6, 14,18,19,22) had shown that fluctuations in plasma cortisol and hematological factors are closely related to emotional factors, reflecting very sensitive interaction on animals with the external environment.…”

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Initiation of the Simulate and Real Transportation Stress in the Goat

Nwe¹,

Tsukahara²,

Manda³

et al. 1994

Nihon Chikusan Gakkaiho

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To elucidate a possibility of the participation of sensory-psychological pathway to respond to the stressors at the starting phase of transportation, a swing model experiment and real transportation were conducted using three naive male Tokara goats with indwelling catheters installed in jugular and femoral veins. With the swing model experiment, the caged goat was exposed to 6 repetitions of a module of 15min constituting 10min of irregular and intense movements and 5min of regular movement.With the real transportation the caged animal was loaded on a truck and journeyed along the highway for 3h. During the swing movement, the experimental animal showed scrambling and nervous behaviors.Immediately from the beginning of the first module of the swing, an acute and transitory tachycardia associated with the irregular and intense movements were observed.In contrast to heart rate, respiration rate did not show any association with the swing movements but with the lapse of time of swing treatment.At 30min from the beginning, plasma concentrations of cortisol and glucose had elevated sharply to 4 and 3 times higher than basic values, respectively.At the end of swing, cortisol showed 5 times higher than the basic value and glucose 4 times as high. They returned to the basic values 3h after the termination of the swing movement.The number of eosinophils was decreased by the swing and showed the minimum at 4.5h from the beginning of the swing and then returned to the basic value 12h after the termination of the swing movement except one animal out of the three. The total number of white blood cells gradually increased from the beginning of the swing and reached the two peaks after 3h and 12h from the end of the swing movement.Though the magnitude and duration of the responses were more remarkable during the truck transportation, plasma concentrations of cortisol and glucose showed essentially the same responses as in the swing model experiment.The decrease in the number of eosinophils was observed in two goats out of three from the beginning of the truck journey and then returned to the basic value 15h after the termination of the truck journey. The total number of white blood cells increased from the beginning of the transportation and showed the peak at 2h from the beginning.The timing of rises of plasma cortisol, glucose and the total number of white blood cells, and decrease in the number of eosinophils was synchronized closely at the beginning of the experiments and these responses were able to be identified in both the swing model and real transportation.The behavioral, cortisol and hematological responses at the beginning of the present experiments suggest that the animal was thought to be in a startle reaction with fear and anxiety to the unfamiliar treatments and environment, indicating the participation of sensorypsychological pathway.

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Initiation of the Simulate and Real Transportation Stress in the Goat

Nwe¹,

Tsukahara²,

Manda³

et al. 1994

Nihon Chikusan Gakkaiho

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“…[132][133][134][135][136][137][138] or within facilities and on the recovery period (Sanhouri et al 1989, Drozdowicz et al 1990). Landi et al (1982) reported that in mice some adaptation had occurred after 48 h but researchers do not appear to have looked at the effect of transporting animals within an animal house i.e.…”

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Stress measurements in mice after transportation

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“…Animals can display a wide range of physiological and psychological manifestations related to acute and chronic stressors in their environment (Landi et al 1982;Sanhouri et al 1989;Tuli et al 1995;Webster 1998). In addition, the response to a given stressor can be as varied as the stressors themselves (Grandin 1997;Moberg 1985;Rushen 1986).…”

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“…Depending on the experimental paradigm under consideration, changes in the inanimate or social environment of an animal can directly change the behavioral and/or physiological parameter being studied (Landi et al 1982;Sanhouri et al 1989;Tuli et al 1995;Webster 1998).…”

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Balancing Animal Research with Animal Well-being: Establishment of Goals and Harmonization of Approaches

Weed¹,

Raber²

2005

ILAR Journal

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A resource is provided for the creation of an institutional program that balances the scientific mission of an institution with the well-being of the animals used in support of the research. The concept of harmonizing scientific goals with animal well-being was first suggested in the early part of the twentieth century and later revitalized in the literature of the 1950s. Harmonization can best be achieved through the promotion of a team initiative. The team should include, at a minimum, the scientist, veterinarian, institutional animal care and use committee, and animal care staff. It is the responsibility of this animal research team to promote and balance the generation of scientifically valid data with animal well-being. The team must strive to minimize or eliminate non-protocol variables that could adversely affect the validity and repeatability of the experimental data. Good experimental design coupled with excellent communication between team members can often minimize or eliminate many variables and result in both better science and animal well-being. To ensure the scientific validity of experimental data, scientists must be aware of the complex nature of the environment in which their animals are maintained. To ensure repeatablity of an experiment, scientists must document and publish both the inanimate and social environments in which their animals are housed. Better documentation of environmental variables and their correlation with experimental results will promote critical knowledge about the relationships between an animal's environment, its well-being, and science.

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The effect of different types of transportation on plasma cortisol and testosterone concentrations in male goats

Cited by 18 publications

References 15 publications

Initiation of the Simulate and Real Transportation Stress in the Goat

Initiation of the Simulate and Real Transportation Stress in the Goat

Stress measurements in mice after transportation

Balancing Animal Research with Animal Well-being: Establishment of Goals and Harmonization of Approaches

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