Journal of Stress Physiology & Biochemistry, Vol. 6 No. 4
2010, pp. 12-17 ISSN 1997-0838
Original Text Copyright (cc) 2010 by Kataria, Kataria
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Assessment of stress due to hot ambience in donkeys from
arid tracts in India
Kataria N.1*, Kataria A.K.2
1 Department of Veterinary
physiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Rajasthan
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner – 334 001,
Rajasthan, India 2 Apex Centre for Animal Disease Investigation, Monitoring
and Surveillance, College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Rajasthan
University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner – 334 001,
Rajasthan, India *Phone 0091 – 151- 2546399 *Email-nalinikataria@rediffmail.com
Received September 7, 2010
To assess the stress due to hot ambience in donkeys from
arid tracts in Rajasthan state, India, serum prolactin and cortisol
levels were determined by radioimmunoassay. The blood samples to
harvest the serum were collected from the same animals during moderate
(maximum temperature of 280C - 290C) and hot
(maximum temperature of 450C- 460C)
ambiences. During hot ambience the animals showed significantly
(p<0.05) higher levels of serum prolactin and cortisol when compared
to the moderate ambience. The mean rise in prolactin was 4.42 times
whereas cortisol levels were 4.22 times higher. Further a multiple fold
rise in serum prolactin clearly suggested that it can also be used as
an indicator of stress in donkeys along with the cortisol.
key words: Cortisol; donkey; hot ambience;
prolactin; stress
