Relationship of blood corticosterone, immunoglobulin and haematological values in young crocodiles (<i>Crocodylus porosus</i>) to water temperature, clutch of origin and body weight

Abstract

As haematological changes indicative of stress were not associated with significant changes in serum corticosterone, immunosuppression in young crocodiles may be independent of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal cortical axis.