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Simultaneous measurement of boldenone (α and β), ADD, testosterone, epitestosterone and AED in bovine faeces

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Abbreviations

α BOL:

α boldenone

a:

slope

ADD:

androstadienedione

AED:

androstenedione

APCI:

atmospheric pressure chemical ionization

β BOL:

β boldenone

CCα:

decision limit

CCβ :

detection capability

CV:

coefficient of variation

ET:

epitestosterone

μN:

average noise

N:

standard deviation of the noise amplitude

NETA:

Noretandrolone

R2 :

linearity

(RSD)S :

relative standard deviation of the signal

σN:

standard deviation of the noise amplitude

SRM:

Selected Reaction Monitoring

T:

testosterone

TBME:

Tert-butyl-methyl-ether

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  1. Department of Veterinary Sciences and Technologies for Food Safety, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    M. Gavinelli, F. Arioli, M. L. Fracchiolla, A. Casati & G. Pompa

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Veterinarie per la Sicurezza Alimentare, via Celoria 10, 20133, Milano, Italy

    F. Arioli

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Gavinelli, M., Arioli, F., Fracchiolla, M.L. et al. Simultaneous measurement of boldenone (α and β), ADD, testosterone, epitestosterone and AED in bovine faeces. Vet Res Commun 32 (Suppl 1), 295–298 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-008-9132-0

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