Excreted corticosterone metabolites differ between two galliform species, Japanese Quail and Chicken, between sexes and between urine and faecal parts of droppings

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1179-1188

  Hirschenhauser, Katharina ^a,b   Spreitzer, Katharina ^a   Lepschy, Michael ^c   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a   Möstl, Erich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coturnix japonica; Faecal hormones; Gallus domesticus; Glucocorticoids; Non invasive methods; Steroid

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; POULTRY; STEROID;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 84866458965     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0848-9     Document Type: Article

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