Quantification of fecal estradiol and progesterone metabolites in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)
Alternative methods to the utilization of laboratory animal blood and its by-products are particularly attractive, especially regarding hamsters due to their small size and difficulties in obtaining serial blood samples. Steroid hormone metabolite quantification in feces, widely used in studies of f...
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Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2005-11-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005001100021 |