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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
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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became available for dissection during a study of the growth of normal Romney sheep (Broad & Davies, 1980a, b and unpublished).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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