Determination of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites to evaluate stress response in Alouatta pigra

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1365-1373

  Martínez Mota, Rodolfo ^a   Valdespino, Carolina ^b   Rebolledo, Juan Arturo Rivera ^c   Palme, Rupert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c Dirección General de Zoológicos de la Ciudad de México   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

11 oxoetiocholanolone EIA; Alouatta pigra; Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME; EXCRETION; FECES; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; METABOLITE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; PRIMATES;

EID: 55949118933     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9308-z     Document Type: Article

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