Appeasing pheromones for the management of stress and aggression during conservation of wild canids: could the solution be right under our nose?

dc.contributor.authorRiddell, Pia
dc.contributor.authorParis, Monique C.J.
dc.contributor.authorJoonè, Carolynne J.
dc.contributor.authorPageat, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorParis, Damien B.B.P.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-24T08:16:49Z
dc.date.available2021-08-24T08:16:49Z
dc.date.issued2021-05
dc.description.abstractThirty-six species of canid exist globally, two are classified as critically endangered, three as endangered, and five as near threatened. Human expansion and the coinciding habitat fragmentation necessitate conservation interventions to mitigate concurrent population deterioration. The current conservation management of wild canids includes animal translocation and artificial pack formation. These actions often cause chronic stress, leading to increased aggression and the suppression of the immune and reproductive systems. Castration and pharmaceutical treatments are currently used to reduce stress and aggression in domestic and captive canids. The undesirable side effects make such treatments inadvisable during conservation management of wild canids. Pheromones are naturally occurring chemical messages that modulate behaviour between conspecifics; as such, they offer a natural alternative for behaviour modification. Animals are able to distinguish between pheromones of closely related species through small compositional differences but are more likely to have greater responses to pheromones from individuals of the same species. Appeasing pheromones have been found to reduce stress- and aggression-related behaviours in domestic species, including dogs. Preliminary evidence suggests that dog appeasing pheromones (DAP) may be effective in wild canids. However, the identification and testing of species-specific derivatives could produce more pronounced and beneficial behavioural and physiological changes in target species. In turn, this could provide a valuable tool to improve the conservation management of many endangered wild canids.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentMammal Research Instituteen_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2021en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.mdpi.com/journal/animalsen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRiddell, P.; Paris, M.C.J.; Joonè, C.J.; Pageat, P.; Paris, D.B.B.P. Appeasing Pheromones for the Management of Stress and Aggression during Conservation of Wild Canids: Could the Solution Be Right under Our Nose?. Animals 2021, 11, 1574. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061574.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2076-2615 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3390/ ani11061574
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/81455
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherMDPIen_ZA
dc.rights© 2021 by the authors. Licensee: MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).en_ZA
dc.subjectWild caniden_ZA
dc.subjectConservationen_ZA
dc.subjectMetapopulation managementen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican wild dogen_ZA
dc.subjectWolfen_ZA
dc.subjectStressen_ZA
dc.subjectAggressionen_ZA
dc.subjectImmune suppressionen_ZA
dc.subjectReproductive suppressionen_ZA
dc.subjectAppeasing pheromoneen_ZA
dc.titleAppeasing pheromones for the management of stress and aggression during conservation of wild canids: could the solution be right under our nose?en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Riddell_Appeasing_2021.pdf
Size:
772.52 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Article

License bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.75 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: