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INFLUENCE OF ETHANOL TREATMENT ON THE PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OF PROLACTIN AND LEUTINIZING HORMONE IN TURKEYS (MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO)
Author(s) -
Ali B. H.,
Czarnecki Caroline M.,
Halawani M. E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
clinical and experimental pharmacology and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1440-1681
pISSN - 0305-1870
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1986.tb02387.x
Subject(s) - meleagris gallopavo , prolactin , endocrinology , medicine , hormone , growth hormone , biology , chemistry , zoology
SUMMARY 1. The effect of ethanol consumption on the plasma concentrations of prolactin (PRL) and leutinizing hormone (LH) was investigated in turkey poults. 2. Ethanol (4–5% v/v in drinking water for 42 days) significantly increased the concentration of PRL, and tended to decrease that of LH. 3. It is suggested that the hyperprolactinaemia produced by ethanol might be due to its stressor action on the birds.