Trials on a method for measuring cortisol in bovine hair

Abstract

The Animal Behavior, Robustness and Integrated Approach to Well-Being (CARAIBE) team at UMR Herbivores is interested in the study of animal behavior, as well as ruminant breeding systems. In this context, she is particularly interested in cortisol, the main stress hormone, which until now has been measured in plasma using an ELISA immunochemical method that has been validated in the laboratory. Mélissa Vauris, a research technician on the team, works on hormone biochemistry. She reports on a new method, currently under development in the laboratory, for dosing the hormone in a new matrix: hair...