Dosagem de metabólitos de glucocorticoides e progesterona em fezes de papagaio-verdadeiro (Amazona aestiva)

Caroline Junko Fujihara; Wolff Camargo Marques Filho; Ana Livia Rocha Monteiro; Rodrigo Freitas Bittencourt; Carla Martins Queiroz; Ricardo José Garcia Pereira; João Carlos Pinheiro Ferreira

doi:10.1590/1809-6891v15i34450

MEASUREMENT OF GLUCOCORTICOID AND PROGESTERONE METABOLITES IN FECES OF BLUE FRONTED PARROT (Amazona aestiva)

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Caroline Junko Fujihara Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
Wolff Camargo Marques Filho Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
Ana Livia Rocha Monteiro Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
Rodrigo Freitas Bittencourt Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
Carla Martins Queiroz Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
Ricardo José Garcia Pereira Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
João Carlos Pinheiro Ferreira Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil

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https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-6891v15i34450

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Abstract

The objectives of the present study were to evaluate fecal concentrations of metabolites of glucocorticoids, measured by enzyme immunoassay with a cortisol antibody and by radioimmunoassay with a corticosterone antibody, and progesterone by radioimmunoassay with a progesterone antibody in blue-fronted parrot (Amazona aestiva) after ACTH challenge. The adrenal stimulation with ACTH (25 UI/animal) resulted in an increase of fecal glucocorticoids metabolites concentration, but it did not affect the concentrations of fecal progesterone metabolites. Although there were no synchronized peaks of glucocorticoid metabolites excretion measured by enzyme immunoassay and radioimmunoassay, there were two peaks of excretion, one at 2-4 hours and other at 8-10 hours. Despite the occurrence of peaks, the analysis of fecal glucocorticoids metabolites and progesterone metabolites showed no effect of group (control and treatment), moment (hours of sampling) and sex.

KEYWORDS: birds, corticosterone, cortisol, noninvasive, progesterone.

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2014-09-27

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FUJIHARA, Caroline Junko; FILHO, Wolff Camargo Marques; MONTEIRO, Ana Livia Rocha; BITTENCOURT, Rodrigo Freitas; QUEIROZ, Carla Martins; PEREIRA, Ricardo José Garcia; FERREIRA, João Carlos Pinheiro. MEASUREMENT OF GLUCOCORTICOID AND PROGESTERONE METABOLITES IN FECES OF BLUE FRONTED PARROT (Amazona aestiva). Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 3, p. 277–288, 2014. DOI: 10.1590/1809-6891v15i34450. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/4450. Acesso em: 6 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 15 No. 3 (2014)

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Veterinary Medicine

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