Testing extraction and storage parameters for a fecal hormone method

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 934-941

  Pappano, David J ^a   Roberts, Eila K ^a   Beehner, Jacinta C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

C18 cartridge; Glucocorticoids; Steroid; Testosterone; Theropithecus gelada

Indexed keywords

FECAL PELLET; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLITE; METHANOL; OPTIMIZATION; PRIMATE; TESTOSTERONE;

BRONX ZOO; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

THEROPITHECUS; THEROPITHECUS GELADA;

GLUCOCORTICOID; HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; FEMALE; FREEZING; HEAT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THEROPITHECUS; TIME; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; FECES; FEMALE; FREEZING; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HORMONES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOLUTIONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TESTOSTERONE; THEROPITHECUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952117580     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20859     Document Type: Article

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