Naturally equipped to resist ‘stress’? : Physiological responses of adult king penguins to an experimental increase in glucocorticoid levels

• Main Author: Raymond, Emilie
• Other Authors: Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT), Annabelle Meynadier
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: Allostatic overload; Corticosterone; Energetics; Free radical theory of ageing; King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus); Mitochondria; Oxidative stress; Telomere; Corticostérone; Manchot royal; Télomères (génétique); Stress oxydatif; Manchot royal (Aptenodytes patagonicus); Métabolisme énergétique; Mitochondrie; Stress chronique; Stress oxydant; Surcharge allostatique; Télomère; Théorie radicalaire du vieillissement; Chronic stress; [SDV.BA.MVSA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Veterinary medicine and animal Health; Manchot; Manchots; King Penguins
• Online Access: https://dumas.ccsd.cnrs.fr/dumas-04414294; https://dumas.ccsd.cnrs.fr/dumas-04414294/document; https://dumas.ccsd.cnrs.fr/dumas-04414294/file/T-2023-149.pdf

Animals' exposure to repeated environmental stress in their natural habitat could impact their life-history stage and have long-term deleterious effects. Glucocorticoids, which are stress hormones, allow adaptive response and modulation of energetics of the animal enabling it to cope with acute...