The internationally recognised method of measuring
faecal hormone metabolites was developed by senior author Palme.
Dr Susanne Shultz, the senior author from the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES) at Manchester, explains: «
Faecal hormone measurements are easy to collect without disturbing the animals and provide a window into the chronic stress animals are experiencing.
Not exact matches
An analysis of
faecal samples can be used to show that the additional
hormone was metabolised by the body.
The researchers measured the stress levels of the animals by analysing the stress
hormone metabolites (glucocorticoid metabolites GCM) in the collected
faecal samples.