INFLUENCE OF THIOURACIL ON THE BASAL METABOLIC RATE AND ON MOLTING IN HENS1
- 1 December 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 41 (6) , 514-517
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-41-6-514
Abstract
The egg production, basal metabolic rate, and molting of 24 White Leghorn hens were studied over a period of 1/2 yr. Thiouracil feeding depressed the BMR without, however, preventing the molt. Its admn. in the food initiated molting, especially in a dosage of 0.5-1%. The bearing of these results on the mechanism of molting is discussed, since it appears that molting may occur in spite of a depression of the thyroid gland.Keywords
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