How does diet affect fecal steroid hormone metabolite concentrations? An experimental examination in red squirrels

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-131

  Dantzer, Ben ^a   McAdam, Andrew G ^a,b   Palme, Rupert ^c   Boutin, Stan ^d   Boonstra, Rudy ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary fiber; Fecal assay; Field endocrinology; Glucocorticoids; Non invasive techniques; Radiometabolism; Seasonal changes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMINAL TESTIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPLE; ARTICLE; CONIFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PEANUT BUTTER; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SCROTAL TESTIS; SQUIRREL; STEROID METABOLISM; SUNFLOWER; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; TESTIS;

EID: 80054108214     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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