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Noninvasive Assessment of Stress and Reproduction in Captive Lions (Panthera leo) Using Fecal Hormone Analysis 收藏

使用粪便激素分析对圈养狮子（Panthera Leo）的压力和繁殖无创评估
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作者
Paula Serres‐Corral (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2695-8909) [1];Vanessa Almagro [2];Conrad Ensenyat [3];Loles Carbonell [4];Santiago Borragán [5];Eva Martínez‐Nevado [6];Miguel Angel Quevedo [7];Hugo Fernández‐Bellon [8];Annaïs Carbajal [9];Manel López‐Béjar [10];
作者单位
[1]Department of Animal Health and Anatomy Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain; [2]Parc Zoològic de Barcelona Barcelona Spain; [3]Parc Zoològic de Barcelona Barcelona Spain; [4]Bioparc Valencia Valencia Spain; [5]Parque de la Naturaleza de Cabárceno Obregón Spain; [6]Zoo Aquarium de Madrid Madrid Spain; [7]Zoobotánico Jerez Jerez de la Frontera Spain; [8]Parc Zoològic de Barcelona Barcelona Spain; [9]Department of Animal Health and Anatomy Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain; [10]Department of Animal Health and Anatomy Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra Spain;
发布日期
2025-2
页码
248-261
DOI
10.1002/zoo.21891
来源信息
Zoo Biology ISSN：0733-3188, 2025年, 44卷, 3期, 248-261页
摘要
【ABSTRACT】Assessing steroid hormones through feces provides invaluable insight on the stress and reproductive physiology of wildlife, and has been broadly applied to monitor the health and welfare of wild animals managed under human care. This study utilized fecal hormone monitoring to evaluate adrenal and gonadal activity in 18 captive lions (Panthera leo) across five Spanish zoological institutions, focusing on how biological and management factors affect these metrics. We analyzed fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGM) concentrations and, additionally in females, fecal progesterone (FPM), estradiol (FEM), and androgen (FAM) metabolites in relation to their reproductive status. Results indicated significant variability in FGM levels among individuals, with no consistent trends influenced by sex or zoo environment, including changes in the frequency of providing environmental enrichment at two zoos. Importantly, reproductive status significantly impacted adrenal and gonadal hormone levels; ovariectomized lionesses showed lower concentrations of FGM, FPM, and FEM compared to intact and deslorelin‐implanted females, the latter of which exhibited higher and more variable FAM levels. These findings advance our understanding of hormone patterns in lions and suggest implications for their management in captivity.
摘要译文
【摘要】通过粪便评估类固醇激素提供了对野生动植物的压力和生殖生理学的宝贵见解，并已广泛应用于监测在人类护理下管理的野生动物的健康和福利。这项研究利用粪便激素监测来评估五个西班牙动物学机构的18种圈养狮子（Panthera Leo）中的肾上腺和性腺活性，重点介绍了生物学和管理因素如何影响这些指标。我们分析了粪便糖皮质激素代谢产物（FGM）浓度，并在女性中分析了粪便孕酮（FPM），雌二醇（FEM）和雄激素（FAM）代谢物，与其生殖状态有关。结果表明，个体中FGM水平的显着差异，没有性别或动物园环境影响一致的趋势，包括在两个动物园提供环境富集的频率变化。重要的是，生殖状态显着影响肾上腺和性腺激素水平。与完整的和desloelin植入的雌性相比，卵巢切除的母狮表现出较低的FGM，FPM和FEM，后者表现出较高和更可变的FAM水平。这些发现提高了我们对狮子中激素模式的理解，并暗示了对其在圈养中的管理的影响。
Paula Serres‐Corral (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2695-8909) [1];Vanessa Almagro [2];Conrad Ensenyat [3];Loles Carbonell [4];Santiago Borragán [5];Eva Martínez‐Nevado [6];Miguel Angel Quevedo [7];Hugo Fernández‐Bellon [8];Annaïs Carbajal [9];Manel López‐Béjar [10];. Noninvasive Assessment of Stress and Reproduction in Captive Lions (Panthera leo) Using Fecal Hormone Analysis[J]. Zoo Biology, 2025,44(3): 248-261