The use of noninvasive and minimally invasive methods in endocrinology for threatened mammalian species conservation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2014, Pages 296-306

  Kersey, David C ^a   Dehnhard, Martin ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Noninvasive endocrinology; Reproduction; Threatened species; Validation

Indexed keywords

13,14 DIHYDRO 15 KETO PGF2ALPHA; CERULOPLASMIN; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; RELAXIN; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; HAIR; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; SALIVA; URINE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FECES; HAIR; MAMMALS; REPRODUCTION; SALIVA; URINE;

EID: 84906790032     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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