A field-friendly alternative to freeze-drying faeces for glucocorticoid metabolite analyses of African wild dogs (
Lyophilisation
Non-invasive
Steroids
Stress
Wild dog faeces
Journal
MethodsX
ISSN: 2215-0161
Titre abrégé: MethodsX
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101639829
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
received:
11
02
2021
accepted:
14
01
2022
entrez:
3
2
2022
pubmed:
4
2
2022
medline:
4
2
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
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 material as soon as possible after collection, and removing moisture from the frozen faecal samples afterwards (usually by freeze-drying). In remote areas, freeze-drying opportunities are often limited, and in the case of the African wild dog (
Identifiants
pubmed: 35111576
doi: 10.1016/j.mex.2022.101623
pii: S2215-0161(22)00008-5
pmc: PMC8790624
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
101623Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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