| dc.description.abstract | In the topic of the reproductive cycle assessment and pregnancy diagnostics, there is an
emerging need to develop immunoassays which are suitable for measuring faecal
progesterone metabolite level. Faeces samples can be collected very easily and are
alternatives for blood sampling in zoo and wild animals. However, the extraction of
hormonal content is a labour-intensive process, which requires relatively long time. This
step can be shortened, and centrifugation can be avoided, however, the agreement of the
results from different extraction protocol is a key for the proper analysis. The aim of this
study was to analyse the agreement of data from different extraction protocols (a
laboratory based and an on-field alternative) using faeces samples of different species. | en_US |
