Measuring fecal steroids: Guidelines for practical application

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1046, Issue , 2005, Pages 75-80

  Palme, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Androgens; Estrogens; Feces Faeces; Gestagens; Glucocorticoids; Noninvasive monitoring; Sex differences; Steroid hormones; Stress; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; STEROID; STEROID HORMONE;

ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23744437308     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1343.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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