Unilateral orchidectomy of ram lambs: Acute, chronic and hCG-stimulated androgen levels
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1987
Abstract
1. 1. The objectives of this study were to determine whether compensation of androgen secretion occurred acutely, chronically or after hCG-stimulation in unilaterally orchidectomized (ULO) rams. 2. 2. Testosterone (T) concentrations were not significantly different (P >0.10) between ULO and sham-operated ram lambs during the period immediately following ULO. 3. 3. Chronically, testosterone concentrations were not significantly different (P > 0.10) between ULO and sham-operated ram lambs. 4. 4. After hCG injection, the testosterone response of chronic ULO ram lambs was approx. half the response of the sham-operated ram lambs. 5. 5. These data indicate that a rapid and sustained compensatory response of basal secretion of testosterone but not hCG-inducible testosterone secretion occurred in the ULO'd ram lambs. © 1987.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology
Volume
87
Issue
3
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Rhodes, R. C., and M. W. Fleming. "Unilateral orchidectomy of ram lambs: Acute, chronic and hCG-stimulated androgen levels." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A: Physiology 87, 3 (1987). doi: 10.1016/0300-9629(87)90372-0.