The influence of the sex-hormone testosterone on body temperature and metabolism of the male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).
Testosterone causes a significant body temperature decrease in male quails. Oxygen consumption/g b. wt remains the same, however.
D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects*; D002369:Castration; D003370:Coturnix / Q000502:physiology*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects*; D011784:Quail / Q000502:physiology*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000494:pharmacology*
D013739:Testosterone