Measurement of urinary mesotocin in large-billed crows by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Akiko Seguchi, Kazutaka Mogi, Ei Ichi Izawa

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Mesotocin (MT) is an avian homologue of oxytocin (OT). Behavioral pharmacological studies in birds have suggested the involvement of MT in socially affiliative behavior. However, investigations of peripheral MT levels associated with social behavior are lacking because non-invasive methods to measure surrogate plasma MT have yet to be established. This study aimed to measure urinary MT in crows using a commercially available OT enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit. Urine samples were collected after intravenous injection of MT and centrifuged to separate urine and fecal components. We found that urinary MT was significantly elevated 15–30 min after MT injection. These results validate our method for the use of urine samples for the measurement of peripheral MT levels in crows.

本文言語English
ページ(範囲)520-524
ページ数5
ジャーナルJournal of Veterinary Medical Science
84
4
DOI
出版ステータスPublished - 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 獣医学(全般)

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