Noninvasive monitoring of fecal cortisol metabolites in the eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus): Validation and comparison of two Enzyme Immunoassays

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-193

  Montiglio, Pierre Olivier ^a   Pelletier, Fanie ^b   Palme, Rupert ^c   Garant, Dany ^b   Réale, Denis ^a   Boonstra, Rudy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BASELINE CONDITIONS; EXCRETION; FECES; IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; RODENT; URINE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALIA; TAMIAS; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 84858728103     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664592     Document Type: Article

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