Shozo Watanabe

Significance of catecholamines and cortisol levels in blood during transportation stress in goats

Abstract The effect of 6 h transportation on plasma levels of catecholamines, cortisol, glucose and the number of eosinophils before, during and after the transportation was studied in adult male Japanese native Tokara goats. Blood was obtained via indwelling catheters in the jugular and femoral veins. During transportation, various behaviors apparently indicated nervousness or excitement. Plasma epinephrine levels increased immediately after the start, from a base value of 7.5 pmol ml −1 to 25.9 pmol ml −1 ( P −1 before transport and rose immediately after the start to a peak value of 166 ng ml −1 ( P −1 before the start to 165 mg dl −1 ( P −1 ( P