Measurement of corticosterone metabolites in chicken droppings

British Poultry Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 704-711

  Rettenbacher, S ^a   Mostl E ^a   Hackl, R ^a   Ghareeb, K ^a,b   Palme, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Egyptian Government   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRITIUM;

GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 9944235582     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660400006156     Document Type: Article

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