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New method lets researchers rapidly monitor snow leopard stress levels in wild
A new method developed by a Kyoto University researcher is the first to allow users to analyse snow leopard stress hormones in the field. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society journal,
Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Snow leopard at Kobe Oji Zoo. Credit Kodzue Kinoshita.
The newly developed method lets researchers rapidly and accurately measure stress hormones in snow leopards without the need for bulky equipment or specialised knowledge. It uses widely available equipment that can be carried into the field, allowing hormone extraction from faecal samples and analysis to be done on site.