In hypophysectomized chicken and old birds, 40 days of epithalon injections completely eliminated the shifts in erythrocytes.
In plain wordsIn chickens with the pituitary gland removed and in old birds, epithalon injections removed the changes in red blood cells.
- Peptide
- Epitalon
- Outcome
- IncreaseErythrocyte shifts
- Study
chickenn: not reported in source
Neonatally hypophysectomized chicken and old birds- Outcome group
- Overall treatment effect · Whole body
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · injection · 40 daysAs given in this study (chicken).
Source sentences
Injections of epithalon tetrapeptide (Ala-Glu-Asp-Gly) administered to either hypophysectomized chicken or old birds during a period of 40 days completely eliminate the shifts registered in erythrocytes, immunity and hemostasis
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
It has been found that chicken hypophysectomized early in the neonatal period develop anemia, cellular and humoral immune deficiency, hypercoagulation and inhibited fibrinolysis by their 45th postnatal day.