Characterizing adrenocortical activity in zoo-housed southern three-banded armadillos (Tolypeutes matacus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-74

  Howell Stephens, Jennifer A ^a,b   Brown, Joel S ^a   Bernier, David ^b   Mulkerin, Diane ^b   Santymire, Rachel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH challenge; Adrenocortical activity; Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite analysis; Southern three banded armadillo

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOLYPEUTES MATACUS;

EID: 84860612183     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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