A field-friendly alternative to freeze-drying faeces for glucocorticoid metabolite analyses of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)
Endocrine studies using faeces as hormone matrix have become increasingly popular to examine adrenocortical activity in wildlife. A prerequisite for this approach is to minimize alteration of faecal glucocorticoid metabolite (fGCM) composition post-defecation. This is done by freezing the collected...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-01-01
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Series: | MethodsX |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016122000085 |