title: Effects of antithyroid drug on the rectal temperature and metabolic parameters of ducks (Cairina moschata).
abstract: The effect of propylthiouracil oral treatment (400 mg/day per bird for 20 days) on body and thyroid weight, rectal temperature and plasma metabolic parameters of ducks (Cairina moschata) was determined. Propylthiouracil treatment produced a reduction (P less than .01) in body weight and an increase (P less than .01) in thyroid weight. The antithyroid drug also produced a decrease in rectal temperature starting from the 15th day of treatment, but did not significantly change blood glucose. Plasma free fatty acids and cholesterol concentrations progressively increased from the 5th and 10th day, respectively, in treated animals.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias Campus de Jaboticabal, UNESP 14.870, Säo Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Artoni
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zuim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Macari
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004372:Ducks / Q000097:blood / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D011441:Propylthiouracil / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D011441:Propylthiouracil; D002784:Cholesterol