Monitoring androstenone levels in boars by direct immunochemical analysis of serum samples

Meat Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 193-197

  Tuomola, Mika ^a   Harpio, Riikka ^a,b   Wirta, Eeva Riitta ^a,c   Lövgren, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b AB Sangtec Medical   (Sweden)

^c Prov Stt Off of Southern Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Androstenone; Blood; Pigs; Serum; Time resolved fluoroimmunoassay

Indexed keywords

SERUM;

BIOASSAY; BLOOD; ENZYMES; FOOD PROCESSING;

MEATS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036313463     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(01)00185-1     Document Type: Article

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