AbstractsBiology & Animal Science

Factors modifying the manifestation of thyroid deficiency in thyroidectomized rats and the influence of other hormones on the action of thyroxine.

by Heidi Helga. Eartly




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Anatomy.
Degree: MS.
Year: 1951
Keywords: Anatomy.
Record ID: 1562777
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118979.pdf


Abstract

Removal of the thyroid is not always followed by the impressive group of symptoms described in text-books of Endocrinology. In fact, thyroidectomized rats fed on the commercial diet, Purina Fox Chow, do not show the stunted growth and cretinoid syndrome associated with thyroidectomized animals. [...]