A generalized fecal glucocorticoid assay for use in a diverse array of nondomestic mammalian and avian species

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 260-275

  Wasser, Samuel K ^a,b   Hunt, Kathleen E ^a,b   Brown, Janine L ^c   Cooper, Kathy ^a,h   Crockett, Carolyn M ^d   Bechert, Ursula ^e   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^f   Larson, Shawn ^g   Monfort, Steven L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Wildlife Conservation   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^g Seattle Aquarium   (United States)

^h ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal activation; Feces; Glucocorticoids; HPLC; Noninvasive measures; Radioimmunoassay; Stress physiology; Wildlife species

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BABOON; BEAR; BIRD; CHEETAH; CROSS REACTION; ELEPHANT; FECES ANALYSIS; FELIDAE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MACACA; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEROID METABOLISM;

EID: 0034523616     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7557     Document Type: Article

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