The development of an immunoassay to measure immunoglobulin A in Asian elephant feces, saliva, urine and serum as a potential biomarker of well-being | Zendy

Katie L. Edwards | Zendy; Pakkanut Bansiddhi | Zendy; Steve Paris | Zendy; Marie Galloway | Zendy; Janine L. Brown | Zendy

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The development of an immunoassay to measure immunoglobulin A in Asian elephant feces, saliva, urine and serum as a potential biomarker of well-being

Author(s) -

Katie L. Edwards,

Pakkanut Bansiddhi,

Steve Paris,

Marie Galloway,

Janine L. Brown

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coy077

Subject(s) - immunoassay , feces , immunoglobulin a , biology , saliva , antibody , immunology , urinary system , urine , biomarker , physiology , microbiome , immunoglobulin g , endocrinology , microbiology and biotechnology , bioinformatics , biochemistry

Identifying biomarkers of well-being will be beneficial to our understanding of animal welfare. We developed and validated an assay for measuring Asian elephant immunoglobulin A (IgA) in feces, saliva, urine and serum as a potential welfare measure, and show that longitudinal assessments are necessary because of high intra-individual variability.

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