The budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) as endocrinological test model. Thyroxine transport in blood.
By comparing in-vivo and in-vitro investigations the transport protein of thyroxine in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) was determined. Electrophoretic and auto-radiographic methods were applied. Both investigations show the alpha-globulin to be a thyroxine-binding protein. The contradictions to other investigators are discussed. The experimental animal as an endocrinological model of the thyroid for questions of human medicine is recommended.
D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D001978:Bromphenol Blue; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010240:Parakeets; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000378:metabolism
D014284:Triiodothyronine; D001978:Bromphenol Blue; D013974:Thyroxine