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Australian Journal of Biological Sciences Australian Journal of Biological Sciences Society
Biological Sciences
RESEARCH ARTICLE

The Influence of the Thyroid on Wool Follicle Development in the Lamb

KA Ferguson, PG Schinckel, HB Carter and WH Clarke

Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 9(4) 575 - 585
Published: 1956

Abstract

Thyroidectomy of the newborn lamb prevents the maturation of secondary wool follicles. The administration of l-thyroxine to thyroidectomized lambs allows normal follicle development.

https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9560575

© CSIRO 1956

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