Corticosterone in chicken eggs

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1046, Issue , 2005, Pages 193-203

  Rettenbacher, S ^a   Mostl E ^a   Hackl, R ^a   Palme, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chicken; Corticosterone; Eggs; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG YOLK; ELUTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVITY;

AVES;

EID: 23744464828     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1343.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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