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Behavioral and cortisol responses to repeated capture and venipuncture in Cebus apella
Author(s) -
Dettmer Elizabeth L.,
Phillips Kimberley A.,
Rager Dawn R.,
Bernstein Irwin S.,
Fragaszy Dorothy M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1996)38:4<357::aid-ajp6>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - venipuncture , medicine , hydrocortisone , anesthesia , psychology , physiology
Eight capuchins were trained in a capture and venipuncture procedure. Samples taken immediately following capture indicated that subjects experienced rising cortisol levels over the first 5 weeks of training followed by a return to baseline (equivalent to day 1 levels) in the sixth and seventh weeks. After 7 weeks, samples taken 60 min after initial capture revealed that behaviorally habituated animals exhibited significantly lower cortisol levels in response to venipuncture as opposed to naive and experienced but nonbehaviorally habituated subjects. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.