Experiment 1258777
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Trifolium subterraneum (FABACEAE) |
| Citation | OBST,JM: SEAMARK,RF:. (1975). HORMONE STUDIES ON EWES GRAZING AN ESTROGENIC (YARLOOP CLOVER) PASTURE DURING THE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE.. 28() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE ENDOCRINE FUNCTION OF MERINO AND CORRIEDALE EWES GRAZING IN ESTROGENIC(YARLOOP CLOVER) PASTURE WAS STUDIED DURING THE ESTRUS CYCLE, PREGNANCY AND PARTURITION,AND THE RESULTS WERE COMPARED WITH SIMILAR EWES GRAZING A NEIGHBORING GRASS PASTURE. DURING THE ESTROUS CYCLE,CLEARLY ANOMALOUS PATTERNS OF HORMONE CONTENT WERE EVIDENT AND THIS RELATED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THEIR POORER FERTILITY (27% COMPARED WITH THE CONTROL GROUP). DISTURBANCE OF ENDOCRINE FUNCTION WAS ALSO FOUND IN PREGNANT EWES. THE MEAN PLASMA PROGESTERONE CONCENTRATIONS DURING THE LATTER HALF OF PREGNANCY REDUCED AND THE PLASMA ESTROGEN AND CORTICOID LEVELS TENDED TO BE HIGHER IN THESE ANIMALS. |
| Dose amount | 100.0 % OF DIET |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | EWE |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | PLANT |
| Gender | FEMALE |