Synthesis of measuring steroid metabolites in goose feces

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1046, Issue , 2005, Pages 138-153

  Hirschenhauser, Katharina ^a,b,d   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a,b   Möstl, Erich ^c  

^a Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d Konrad Lorenz Forschungsslelle   (Austria)

Author keywords

ACTH; Anser anser; Anser domesticus; Corticosterone; Diurnal patterns; Enzyme immunoassay; Estradiol; Fecal hormones; Fecal sample storage; GnRH; Progesterone; Seasonal patterns; Steroid excretion; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXCRETION; FECES ANALYSIS; GOOSE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STEROID ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANSER; ANSER ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES;

EID: 23744501815     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1343.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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