[Genetics and phenogenetics of the hormonal characteristics of animals. II. Changes in the reactivity of the pituitary-adrenal system and influence of the sex glands in selection of silver-black foxes by behavior].
Seasonal changes in the reactivity of adrenal cortex to ACTH and of the pituitary-adrenal system to psychic stress in intact and castrated domesticated (tame) and non-domesticated (non-tame) silver foxes of both sexes were studied. It is demonstrated that in tame foxes there are differences among the intact and castrated animal in their reaction to ACTH and psychic stress. These differences are maifested especially in autumn (September, October) which is the period of extra-seasonal sexual activity for domesticated animals. This points to the fact that the sex glands exert a great influence on the condition of central regulating mechanisms of the pituitary-adrenal complex and that the selection of silver foxes for tame behaviour changes the functional state of these mechanisms through the change of the functional state of the sex glands.
D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000187:drug effects; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000502:physiology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D002369:Castration; D005260:Female; D005589:Foxes / Q000502:physiology*; D006066:Gonads / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000502:physiology*; D012621:Seasons; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000502:physiology
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Gentika i fenogenetika gormonal'nykh kharakteristik zhivotnykh. Soobshchenie II. Izmenenie reaktivnosti gipofizarno-nadpochechnikovoĭ sistemy i vliianie na nee polovykh zhelez pri selektsii serebristo-chernykh lisits po povedeniiu