Headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for the determination of 5α-androst-2-en-17-one and -17β-ol in the female Asian elephant: Application for reproductive monitoring and prediction of parturition

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 383-391

  Dehnhard, M ^a   Hatt, J M ^b   Eulenberger, K ^c   Ochs, A ^d   Strauss, G ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Zoo Leipzig GmbH   (Germany)

^d Zoologischer Garten Berlin AG   (Germany)

^e Tierpark Berlin Friedrichsfelde   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 En unsaturated steroids; Elephant; Estrous; Headspace analysis; Parturition; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

5 ALPHA ANDROST 2 EN 17 BETA OL; 5 ALPHA ANDROST 2 EN 17 ONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CHILDBIRTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELEPHANT; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TECHNIQUE; URINALYSIS;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 0037318934     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(03)00056-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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