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Carcass Composition of Foetal Lambs: Effects of Hypophysectomy and Pituitary Stalk-Section

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

T. E. Broad ,
A. S. Davies  and
G. C. Liggins
T. E. Broad
Affiliation:
Applied Biochemistry Division, DSIR, Palmerston North, New Zealand
A. S. Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
G. C. Liggins
Affiliation:
Postgraduate School of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland, National Women's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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Besides retarding somatic development, hypophysectomy markedly increases the deposition of subcutaneous fat in foetal lambs (Liggins & Kennedy, 1968). Two hypophysectomized (HX) and two pituitary stalk-sectioned (SX) foetuses became available for dissection during a study of the growth of normal Romney sheep (Broad & Davies, 1980a, b and unpublished). The present report supplements the existing information concerning the effects of altered hypophyseal function on the carcass composition of foetal lambs (Liggins & Kennedy, 1968; Alexander, 1978).

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , August 1980 , pp. 225 - 227
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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