title: Response of hepatic metallothionein to iron administration : Lack of correlation with serum corticosterone.
abstract: Female broiler chicks receiving an ip injection of Fe (10 mg/kg bw) were found to have a greatly increased level of hepatic metallothionein. The increase in metallothionein was not correlated with changes in serum corticosterone. Attempts to vary serum corticosterone levels by feeding metyrapone, an 11-β steroid hydroxylase inhibitor, were unsuccessful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University, 27695-7608, Raleigh, NC.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petro
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hill