title: Inhibin and reproduction. First communication: changes to inhibin level in Barki ewes after artificial infection with bluetongue virus.
abstract: Bluetongue virus type 16, isolated from sheep in Egypt, was injected to 4 normally cycling Barki ewes and caused high levels of inhibin. This was assayed by a biological method, using suppression of the luteinising hormone (LH) of castrated rats. Albumin (fraction 2) was injected to normally cycling ewes. The sera of injected ewes were investigated 1 day after injection and weekly up to the 4th one injection. There was a gradual decrease of LH (4.8 +/- 0.52 I.U./ml serum) until the minimum level (1.17 +/- 0.25 I.U./ml serum) was reached, in comparison to the control serum LH which was 5.26 +/- 0.52 I.U./ml serum during the dioestrous phase.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ateia
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mostafa
mesh_terms: D000780:Anestrus; D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D001819:Bluetongue / Q000378:metabolism*; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D007265:Inhibins / Q000097:blood*; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D007265:Inhibins; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone