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Provedor de dados: 	56	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Fecal estradiol and progesterone metabolite levels in the three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus)	
Autores: 	Mühlbauer,M.; Duarte,D.P.F.; Gilmore,D.P.; da Costa,C.P.	
Data: 	2006-02-01	
Ano: 	2006	
Palavras-chave: 	Sloth; Fecal estrogen and progestogen metabolites; Noninvasive monitoring; Estrous cycle; Fecal hormones.	
Resumo: 	The present study was carried out to assess the possibility of measuring fecal steroid hormone metabolites as a noninvasive technique for monitoring reproductive function in the three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus. Levels of the estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P4) metabolites were measured by radioimmunoassay in fecal samples collected over 12 weeks from 4 captive female B. variegatus sloths. The validation of the radioimmunoassay for evaluation of fecal steroid metabolites was carried out by collecting 10 blood samples on the same day as defecation. There was a significant direct correlation between the plasma and fecal E2 and P4 levels (P &lt; 0.05, Pearson's test), thereby validating this noninvasive technique for the study of the estrous cycle in these animals. Ovulation was detected in two sloths (SL03 and SL04) whose E2 levels reached 2237.43 and 6713.26 pg/g wet feces weight, respectively, for over four weeks, followed by an increase in P4 metabolites reaching 33.54 and 3242.68 ng/g wet feces weight, respectively. Interestingly, SL04, which presented higher levels of E2 and P4 metabolites, later gave birth to a healthy baby sloth. The results obtained indicate that this is a reliable technique for recording gonadal steroid secretion and thereby reproduction in sloths.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/other	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000200017	
Editor: 	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica	
Relação: 	10.1590/S0100-879X2006000200017	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research  v.39 n.2 2006	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess