Hormonal Activity in Stress, Resilience, and Welfare Assessment
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2023) | Viewed by 3849
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Interests: animal behavior; endocrinology
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Dear Colleagues,
In modern society, animals that are raised for food production or that live in contact with humans, are kept as pets, or are used in sporting events or other types of entertainment, or are dependent in some other way on human management may experience multiple acute or chronic stressors. Resilience, the capacity to overcome stress and adversity while maintaining normal physiological and psychological functioning, might buffer against individual psychophysiological stress responses and could be an important contributor to enhanced wellbeing. Animals’ physiological and behavioral responses to daily life stressors are mediated by endocrine responses that might have negative or positive effects on their welfare.
In order to enhance the quality of life of individual animals, regardless of their role in human society, welfare scientists have emphasized the need to track non-invasive biomarkers of their physiological, behavioral, and emotional health.
This Special Issue will focus on research or reviews investigating innovative and traditional approaches to assess hormonal activity related to stress response and resilience in the animal welfare field, with the aim to create a snapshot of the current state of the art.
Prof. Silvia Michela Mazzola
Dr. Simona Cannas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- animal welfare assessment
- physical and functional state
- hormones
- resilience
- behavioral indicators
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