title: Thyroid status, oestradiol level, work performance and body mass of ovariectomised bitches and bitches bearing ovarian autotransplants in the stomach wall.
abstract: The effects of ovariectomy and autotransplantation of the ovaries to the portal vein drainage area (ATOPA) were studied in 45 bitches. Parameters obtained were thyroid function, oestradiol level, work performance and body mass. At 35 weeks post-operatively no change could be shown in work performance; at 55 weeks body mass was unchanged; at 55 weeks oestradiol level and thyroid function were reduced in ovariectomised subjects and normal in ATOPA subjects. It is concluded that ATOPA may prevent the development of the post-ovariectomy eunuchoid syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001835:Body Weight; D002369:Castration / Q000662:veterinary*; D004285:Dogs; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D010053:Ovary / Q000637:transplantation*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000097:blood; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D004958:Estradiol; D013974:Thyroxine