Non-invasive monitoring of glucocorticoid metabolites in banded mongooses (Mungos mungo) in response to physiological and biological challenges

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-183

  Laver, Peter N ^a,b   Ganswindt, André ^c   Ganswindt, Stefanie B ^c   Alexander, Kathleen A ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for African Resources: Animals Communities and Land use (CARACAL)   (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

11,17 Dioxoandrostanes; Adrenocorticotropic hormone challenge test; Cortisol; Dexamethasone suppression test; Enzyme immunoassay

Indexed keywords

11 OXOETIOCHOLANOLONE; 11,17 DIOXOANDROSTANE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE 21-PHOSPHATE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; 11 DIOXOANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXCRETION; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METABOLITE; MONITORING; MUNGOS MUNGO; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCTION; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; WILD ANIMAL; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; BOTSWANA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TRAPPING; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST; HORMONE RESPONSE; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; STRESS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BOTSWANA; DEXAMETHASONE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPESTIDAE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84866266610     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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