Assessment of luteinizing hormone and prolactin immunoactivity in Asian and African elephant urine using assays validated for serum

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-143

  Brown, Janine L ^a   Kersey, David C ^a,b   Walker, Susan L ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elephant; LH; Ovulation; Pituitary gonadotropins; Pregnancy; Prolactin; Urinary hormones

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 77957234524     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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