StressChron Framework:
| Project code | 018 |
| Acronym | CORTPIG |
| Role | Coordinator |
| Research area | Unravelling the fundamentals of glucocorticoid actions across vertebrates |
| Research topic | Individual variation in stress response |
| Vertebrate | Mammal |
| Species | Pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) |
Abstract:
The research goal is to investigate whether individual pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) kept in the same well-defined management system are differing in hair cortisol level as biomarker for chronic stress. Hair is easy and non-invasive to sample and hence it is possible to evaluate the stress level and more broader the animal welfare over an extended period of time in an objective, animal-friendly but also logistically and financially feasible way on a large scale.
Specifics:
Keywords: husbandry, pig, stress, cortisol, hair
Funding: Internal
Status: On-going
Consortium:
Ghent University, Belgium (Aerts J)
Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Belgium (Aerts J, Ampe B, Sonck B)
Output:
None at present