Table 1.
Comparison domestic/wild animals | References | |||
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Endocrine parameters | endocrine stress response | Basal cortisol activity | D=W | 27,28,29,32 |
HPA reactivity (cortisol) | D<W | 27,28,29,32 | ||
Basal SAM activity | D=W | 28 | ||
(TH activity) | ||||
SAM reactivity | D<W | 27,28,29 | ||
(catecholamines) | ||||
gonadal hormones | Basal HPG activity (testosterone) | D>W | 28,32 | |
Behaviour | Courtship | Infantile | not exhibited | 33 |
Adolescent | D>W | 32 | ||
Adult | D>W | 27,28,29 | ||
Sociopositive | Infantile | D>W | 33 | |
Adolescent | D>W | 32 | ||
Adult | D>W | 27,28,29 | ||
Aggressive | Infantile | not exhibited | 33 | |
Adolescent | not studied | – | ||
Adult | D<W | 27,28,29 | ||
Attentive | Infantile | D<W | 33 | |
Adolescent | not studied | – | ||
Adult | D<W | 27,28,29 | ||
Vocalization | Infantile | not studied | – | |
Adolescent | not studied | – | ||
Adult | D>W | 28 | ||
Exploration | Infantile | not studied | – | |
Adolescent | D<W | 32 | ||
Adult | D<W | 27,28,29 | ||
Risk-taking | Infantile | not studied | – | |
Adolescent | D<W | 32 | ||
Adult | not studied | – | ||
Anxiety-like | Infantile | not studied | – | |
Adolescent | D>W | 32 | ||
Adult | not studied | – | ||
Play | Infantile | D=W | 33 | |
Adolescent | not studied | – | ||
Adult | D>W | 94 | ||
Learning and memory | Infantile | not studied | – | |
Adolescent | not studied | – | ||
adult | D>W | 30,77 | ||
Maternal behaviour towards offspring | D>W | 33 |
HPA = hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical-system; SAM = sympathetic-adrenomedullary-system; HPG = hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal-system, TH = tyrosine hydroxylase D = domestic guinea pigs, W = wild cavies