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Effect of Season on the Follicle Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone Potency of Sheep Anterior Pituitary Glands

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IT has been shown in the ewe that the ‘total gonadotrophin’ hormone content of the pituitary remains about the same during the breeding and during the non-breeding season (Warwick1). Kammlade et al. 2 noticed a rather higher total gonadotrophin hormone-level in the pituitary of the ewe during the non-breeding than during the breeding season. Lamond et al. 3 found no seasonal variation.

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HUTCHINSON, J., ROBERTSON, H. Effect of Season on the Follicle Stimulating Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone Potency of Sheep Anterior Pituitary Glands. Nature 188, 585–586 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188585b0

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