This reply was intended to be directed solely to Jonathan Kay, but pace
Lars Breimer, some of us engage in work necessarily involving studies on
laboratory animals, so the information may be of wider interest.
We have ourselves measured rat TSH using reagents produced by Biocode, an
organisation working in collaboration with the Biochemistry and
Endocrinology of Liege University, Belgium. Unfortunately - as far as I'm
presently aware - they don't produce mouse TSH assay reagents.
Another possible source of animal TSH assay reagents (including both rat
and mouse) is the NIH National Hormone and Pituitary Program (NHPP).
Relevant information is obtainable on these organisations web sites,
respectively:
http://www.biocode.be/pages/products/veterinary/vetefich/rtsh.htm
and
http://www.humc.edu/hormones/material.html
Roger Ekins
Molecular Endocrinology
UCL Medical School
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