Development, validation, and application of a urinary relaxin radioimmunoassay for the diagnosis and monitoring of pregnancy in felids

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1090-1095

  De Haas Van Dorsser, Florine J ^a,b   Swanson, William F ^c   Lasano, Salamia ^d   Steinetz, Bernard G ^d  

^a Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Felid; Implantation; Pregnancy; Relaxin

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FELIDAE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; PANTHERA; PREGNANCY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINE;

CANIDAE; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; PANTHERA PARDUS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATS; FEMALE; PANTHERA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RELAXIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748564007     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.050146     Document Type: Article

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