Non-invasive measurement of adrenocortical and gonadal activity in male and female guinea pigs (Cavia aperea f. porcellus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 482-489

  Bauer, Barbara ^a   Palme, Rupert ^a   Machatschke, Ivo H ^b   Dittami, John ^b   Huber, Susanne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

EIA; Feces; Glucocorticoids; Gonadal steroids; Guinea pigs

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACCURACY; ADRENAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD; GUINEA PIG; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 42649110049     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.03.020     Document Type: Article

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