title: Lithium induction of premature oviposition by the Japanese quail.
abstract: 1. The intramuscular injection of LiCl into laying Japanese quail 6 or 12 h subsequent to an oviposition induced early oviposition of the next egg. 2. The shells of eggs from Li-treated birds were without speckling and weighed half or less as much as shells from Na-treated birds. Many eggs were also deficient in albumen.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003370:Coturnix / Q000502:physiology*; D004528:Egg Shell; D005260:Female; D008094:Lithium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010058:Oviposition / Q000187:drug effects*; D010060:Ovulation; D011784:Quail / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008094:Lithium