Measurement of corticosterone metabolites in birds’ droppings: an analytical approach
Abstract
Fecal steroid analyses are becoming increasingly popular among both field and laboratory scientists. The benefits associated with sampling procedures that do not require restraint, anesthesia, and blood collection include less risk to subject and investigator, as well as the potential to obtain endocrine profiles that are not influenced by the sampling procedure itself. In the feces, a species-specific pattern of metabolites is present, because glucocorticoids are extensively metabolized. Therefore, selection of adequate extraction procedures and immunoassays for measuring the relevant metabolites is a serious issue. In this review, emphasis is placed on the establishment and analytical validation of methods to measure glucocorticoid metabolites for a noninvasive evaluation of adrenocortical activity in droppings of birds.
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The main glucocorticoids produced by the adrenal gland are cortisol and corticosterone, with corticosterone being predominant in birds.
“The main GCs produced by the adrenal gland are cortisol and corticosterone, with the latter being predominant in birds (Möstl et al., 2005;Palme et al., 2005;Cockrem, 2007).”
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- Authors
- MÖSTL, E., RETTENBACHER, S., & PALME, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (AT)
- Corresponding author
- MÖSTL, ERICH
- ORCID
- PALME, RUPERT
- Venue
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2005-06
- Volume
- 1046
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 17-34
- ISSN
- 0077-8923 (ISSN-L)
- 1749-6632
- OpenAlex
- W2039144378
- Cited by
- 279
- References
- 2
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- FWCI
- 2.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
- Keywords
- corticosterone metabolites, glucocorticoids, fecal steroids, birds, non-invasive sampling, adrenocortical function, steroid extraction, immunoassay validation, avian endocrinology
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Birds, Corticosterone, Feces, Immunoassay, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Sensitivity and Specificity, Reproducibility of Results, Molecular Structure
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