Non-invasive endocrine monitoring using fecal steroid analysis: opportunities and challenges

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Franz Schwarzenberger¹ 

[1] ,University of Veterinary Medicine Dept. of Natural Sciences - Biochemistry Vienna,Austria

关键词: adrenal steroid hormones;    assay validation;    faecal steroid analysis;    non-invasive;    reproductive steroid hormones;    steroid metabolism;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-35982007001000010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

During the past two decades, techniques for the non-invasive analysis of fecal steroid metabolites (estrogen, androgen, progestagen and glucocorticoid metabolites) have been developed. These techniques have been used for research with mammals, birds, reptiles, and to a lesser extent in fish; species studied included domestic and laboratory animals, as well as captive and free-ranging wildlife. The techniques now are widely accepted, and in many studies in which either blood sampling on a regular basis was difficult or not possible, i.e. in research on wildlife, very stress prone species or animals of small size, it has become a substitute for analyzing steroid hormones in serum/plasma.

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