| Title | Heart rate variability in relation to stress in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). | ||
| Author | Vezina-Audette, Raphael; Herry, Christophe; Burns, Patrick; Frasch, Martin; Chave, Emmanuelle; Theoret, Christine | ||
| Journal | Can Vet J | Publication Year/Month | 2016-Mar |
| PMID | 26933266 | PMCID | PMC4751769 |
| Affiliation | 1.G.I.V. (Vezina-Audette, Theoret), Departement de sciences cliniques, CHUV - Anesthesiologie - Hopital des animaux de compagnie (Burns), Departement de biomedecine veterinaire (Theoret), Faculte de medecine veterinaire, Universite de Montreal, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec J2S 8H5; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), Ottawa Hospital - General Campus Room 6371, 501 Smyth Road - Box 708, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6 (Herry); CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175 Chemin de la Cote Saint-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C5 (Frasch); ElefantAsia 10 rue des Nonnains d'Yeres Paris 75004, Elephant Conservation Center, Xayaboury, Lao Popular Democratic Republic (PDR) (Chave). | ||
This study describes a safe, reliable, and accessible means to measure heart rate (HR) and HR variability (HRV) and evaluates the use of HRV as a physiological correlate of stress in the Asian elephant. A probabilistic model indicates that HRV measurements may adequately distinguish between stressed and non-stressed elephants.