Assessment of diurnal urinary cortisol excretion in Asian and African elephants using different endocrine methods

Zoo Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 274-283

  Brown, Janine L ^a   Kersey, David C ^a   Freeman, Elizabeth W ^a,b   Wagener, Tarren ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fort Worth ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal activity; Diurnal; Glucocorticoids; Immunoassay

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLASSIFICATION; ELEPHANT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77954598789     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20268     Document Type: Article

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