A note on the absence of acth-like activity secreted by the goat placenta in vivo and on the independence of fetal endocrine development of the maternal hypophysis.
In the goat, maternal hypophysectomy on Day 60 of gestation or treatment with 5 mg bromocriptine/day between Days 60 and 120 of gestation did not affect fetal body weights or the weights of the fetal adrenals, thyroid, pituitary gland or gonads when examined at 120 days gestation. The maternal adrenal cortex regressed after hypophysectomy of the pregnant goat.
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Physiology Department, National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, England.
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