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Preservation of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites and immunoglobulin A through silica gel drying for field studies in horses
Non-invasive methods enable stress evaluation through measuring fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGMs), and immunoglobulin A (IgA) in the feces avoiding stressful blood drawing or stressful restraining of animals in the field. However, FGMs and IgA are mostly analysed in freshly frozen samples, whi...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6821355/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31687143 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coz065 |