Reference intervals and values for fecal cortisol, aldosterone, and the ratio of cortisol to dehydroepiandrosterone metabolites in four species of cetaceans

Lance J. Miller; Lisa K. Lauderdale; Michael T. Walsh; Jocelyn L. Bryant; Kevin A. Mitchell; Douglas A. Granger; Jill D. Mellen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0250331

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Reference intervals and values for fecal cortisol, aldosterone, and the ratio of cortisol to dehydroepiandrosterone metabolites in four species of cetaceans

Lance J. Miller ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: Lance.Miller@czs.org

Affiliation Conservation Science and Animal Welfare Research, Chicago Zoological Society–Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6649-0004

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Lisa K. Lauderdale,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Conservation Science and Animal Welfare Research, Chicago Zoological Society–Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
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Michael T. Walsh,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Comparative, Diagnostic & Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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Jocelyn L. Bryant,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Conservation Science and Animal Welfare Research, Chicago Zoological Society–Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
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Kevin A. Mitchell,

Roles Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Conservation Science and Animal Welfare Research, Chicago Zoological Society–Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
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Douglas A. Granger,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States of America
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Jill D. Mellen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biology Department, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States of America
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Reference intervals and values for fecal cortisol, aldosterone, and the ratio of cortisol to dehydroepiandrosterone metabolites in four species of cetaceans

Lance J. Miller,
Lisa K. Lauderdale,
Michael T. Walsh,
Jocelyn L. Bryant,
Kevin A. Mitchell,
Douglas A. Granger,
Jill D. Mellen

Published: August 30, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250331

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