Abstract
For the colorimetric estimation of the urinary excretion of 17-ketosteroids (17-KS) in cattle, the Zimmerman method was used. Not all "Zimmermann positive substances" were 17-KS as 90% of the total ketosteroid value was due to non-steroidal substances. The total concentration of 17-KS was 0.3 mg/1 of urine. According to paper chromatography, the 17-KS identified were dehydroepiandrosterone, etiocholanolone and 11-ketoetiocholanolone. There was an increase in 17-KS excretion after testosterone or cortiocotropin was injected. The main compounds from the neutral lipid fraction of cattle urine were ionone derivatives, presumably metabolities of carotenoids found in cattle fodder.

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