<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">L. Petrauskas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atkinson, Shannon</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gulland, Frances</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mellish, Jo-Ann E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Horning, Markus</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Monitoring glucocorticoid response to rehabilitation and research procedures in California and Steller sea lions</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological Genetics and Physiology</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol</style></alt-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008 Mar 1</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">309</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">73-82</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">We used serum and fecal corticosteroid analysis to study the physiological response to a range of invasive and non-invasive procedures in sea lions. Four experimental groups of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus; Group A: restraint only [n=9], Group B: gas anesthesia without surgery [n=10], Group C: minimally invasive surgery [n=10], and Group D: invasive surgery [n=5]) were monitored for adrenal response. Feces were collected opportunistically from 72 hr before 72 hr post procedure for corticosterone analysis. All experimental groups showed substantial individual variation and no significant change in corticosterone levels after the procedures. Additional fecal and serum corticoid samples were collected from six free-ranging Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in temporary captivity undergoing abdominal implantation of long-term telemetry devices. Only one sea lion exhibited a significant fecal corticosterone increase in response to the surgery. Capture and restraint appear to elicit a greater glucocorticoid response than invasive or non-invasive procedures.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18172847?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>