Hair cortisol varies with season and lifestyle and relates to human interactions in German shepherd dogs | scientific reports
It is challenging to measure long-term endocrine stress responses in animals. We investigated whether cortisol extracted from dog hair reflected the levels of activity and stress long-term, during weeks and months. Hair samples from in total 59 German shepherds were analysed. <span class="su-quote-cite"><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/srep19631" target="_blank">Hair cortisol varies with season and lifestyle and relates to human interactions in German shepherd dogs | scientific reports</a></span>
