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A note on the failure of thyroxine to restore wool growth to inactive follicles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

M. L. Ryder
M. L. Ryder
Affiliation:
ARC Animal Breeding Research Organisation, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JQ
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Summary

Two experiments were carried out in which subcutaneous implants of thyroxine pellets were made into Soay sheep in autumn after the wool follicles had become inactive. This hormonal treatment failed to restore wool growth or to shorten the winter period of follicle inactivity.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , June 1973 , pp. 319 - 321
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1973

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