Development of a versatile enzyme immunoassay for non-invasive assessment of glucocorticoid metabolites in a diversity of taxonomic species

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 186, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-24

  Watson, Rebecca ^a,b   Munro, Coralie ^c   Edwards, Katie L ^a,d   Norton, Vicki ^a   Brown, Janine L ^e   Walker, Susan L ^a  

^a CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assay development; Biological validation; EIA; Enzyme immunoassay; Glucocorticoids

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEROID EXCRETION; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84875666999     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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