Thirty-six female guinea pigs were placed on a scorbutogenic
diet for 14 days and then divided into groups of four. Three groups
received adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) with each group given
10, 20, or 40 units. Three groups each received 50 mg of ascorbic
acid and three groups received 50 mg...
In the present study, five breeds of ewes and their lambs were
utilized. The breeds used were: Border Cheviot, Dorset Horn, Columbia,
Suffolk and Willamette. In all, 31 ewes and 42 lambs were involved.
The blood constituents which were determined for the ewes and
lambs were: acid and alkaline phosphatase,...
A total of 902 plasma samples from the Rambouillet, Targhee, Columbia, Lincoln, and Suffolk breeds of sheep were analyzed for transferrin type by disc electrophoresis. Six transferrin types, Tf[superscript A], Tf[superscript B], Tf[superscript C], Tf[superscript p], Tf[superscript E], and Tf[superscript P], were found in the Rambouillet, Targhee, and Columbia breeds...
There were two studies involved in the thesis research. In the
first study, variation in the amount of adenohypophysis gonadotropins
among 22 individual beef bulls were investigated. These bulls
represented four inbred lines, and six linecrosses. The bulls were
raised in the Oregon State University purebred herd.
The bulls were...
Electrocardiograms from 12 compressed male (CM), 16 compressed
female (CF), ten synthetic compressed female (SCF), nine
brachycephalic female (BF), and 15 dolichocephalic female (DF)
dwarfs from Davis, California, taken in the scapular lead S-II (prescapular
position positive and right forelimb negative) were analyzed,
The data on dwarf electrocardiograms were compared...
Three inbred and relatively unrelated lines of Hereford cattle
(1. Lionheart, 2. Prince, and 3. David) developed at the Corvallis
branch of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station as part of the
W-1 project of the Western States were crossed annually from 1963
through 1965 inclusive. Data on 137 inbred and...