Development and evaluation of a rapid enzyme-immunoassay system for measurement of the urinary concentration of estrone-3-glucuronide in a female giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-285

  Hama, Natsuki ^a,b   Kanemitsu, Hideyasu ^b   Sakamoto, Kensuke ^b   Oyama, Yujiro ^b   Acosta, Tomas J ^a   Ishikawa, Osamu ^b   Pengyan, Wang ^c   Okuda, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kobe Municipal Oji Zoo   (Japan)

^c China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda   (China)

Author keywords

Enzyme immunoassay; Estrone 3 glucuronide; Estrous behavior; Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; ESTRONE-3-GLUCURONIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESTRUS CYCLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; URINE;

ANIMALS; ESTRONE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; URSIDAE;

AILUROPODA; AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA;

EID: 50249149846     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.19166     Document Type: Article

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