Validation of an enzyme immunoassay for the measurement of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-271

  Benhaiem, Sarah ^a   Dehnhard, Martin ^a   Bonanni, Roberto ^a,b   Hofer, Heribert ^a   Goymann, Wolfgang ^c   Eulenberger, Klaus ^d   East, Marion L ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Zoo Leipzig GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACTH; Age effect; Enzyme immunoassay; Faecal glucocorticoid metabolites; Radiolabelled metabolites; Spotted hyena

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCUTA CROCUTA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84863212084     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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