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. Hair cortisol varies with season and lifestyle and relates to human interactions in German shepherd dogs | scientific reports
