In our study, oxytocin and cortisol were only measured in saliva in these samples because of the lack of a validated method for the measurement of oxytocin in serum, and due the insufficient serum sample volume for cortisol, and no statistically significant differences were observed in salivary oxytocin or cortisol levels. These findings suggest that the specific stress response triggered by ASFV infection may differ from those reported in other infectious diseases, where changes in these biomarkers have been more pronounced. The gene discussed is OXT; the disease is infectious disease.