Urinary specific gravity as an alternative for the normalisation of endocrine metabolite concentrations in giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) reproductive monitoring

• Jella Wauters ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jella Wauters, Kirsten S. Wilson

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Jella.wauters@ugent.be

  Affiliations Laboratory of Chemical Analysis, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium, Pairi Daiza – Pairi Daiza Foundation, Brugelette, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7046-1764

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• Kirsten S. Wilson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jella Wauters, Kirsten S. Wilson

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6311-8995

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• Tim Bouts,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Pairi Daiza – Pairi Daiza Foundation, Brugelette, Belgium

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• Iain Valentine,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh Zoo, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Koen Vanderschueren,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Pairi Daiza – Pairi Daiza Foundation, Brugelette, Belgium

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• Cyrillus Ververs,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6994-7687

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• A. Forbes Howie,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Mick T. Rae,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Ann Van Soom,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Rengui Li,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation China Conservation and Research Centre for Giant Panda (CCRCGP), DuJiangYan City, SiChuan Province, China

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• Desheng Li,

  Roles Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation China Conservation and Research Centre for Giant Panda (CCRCGP), DuJiangYan City, SiChuan Province, China

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• Hemin Zhang,

  Roles Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation China Conservation and Research Centre for Giant Panda (CCRCGP), DuJiangYan City, SiChuan Province, China

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• Lynn Vanhaecke

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Chemical Analysis, Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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