Radioimmunoassay of prolactin for the meerkat (Suricata suricatta), a cooperatively breeding carnivore

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-156

  Carlson, Anne A ^a   Nicol, Linda ^b   Young, Andrew J ^a   Parlow, Al F ^c   McNeilly, Alan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Co operative breeder; Meerkat; Prolactin; RIA; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CABERGOLINE; HYPOPHYSIS EXTRACT; IODINE 125; IODO PROLACTIN; KETAMINE; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN DERIVATIVE; RABBIT ANTISERUM; SEPHADEX; SULPIRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREEDING; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION CURVE; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SURICATA SURICATTA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0037328608     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00610-X     Document Type: Article

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