Cortisol responses to immobilization with Telazol and ketamine in baboons (Papio cynocephalus/anubis) rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) (2003)

Bentson, K. L., Capitanio, J. P., Mendoza, S. P.

Abstract

The injection and blood sampling process increased cortisol levels in monkeys not trained to extend an arm but exerted no effect on cortisol in trained macaques. Thus, the animals' physiological responses to blood sampling and immobilization are influenced by such variables as anesthetic agent, species, time of day, and familiarity with the blood sampling process.