Fecal triiodothyronine and thyroxine concentrations change in response to thyroid stimulation in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 180-185

  Keech, A L ^a   Rosen, D A S ^a   Booth, R K ^b   Trites, A W ^a   Wasser, S K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eumetopias jubatus; Fecal hormones; Non invasive techniques; Pinniped; Steller sea lion; Thyroid; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine; TSH Challenge

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIOTHYRONINE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEAL; THYROXINE SYNTHESIS; TIME;

EID: 77349124671     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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