The effects of gonadectomy and the administration of testosterone propionate on the growth of antlers in male and female deer.
The effects of gonadectomy and the administration of testosterone propionate on the growth of antlers in male and female deer.
复制标题
性腺切除术和丙酸睾酮给药对雄性和雌性鹿鹿角生长的影响。
作者：
G. B. Wislocki;Joseph C. Aub;C. M. Waldo
我们哈佛医学院的几个人多年来一直对鹿角的研究感兴趣。我们特别尝试用实验的方法分析控制鹿角的年更新、生长和脱落的因素。为此，我们利用了一组圈养在纽约德尔马市野生动物研究中心的弗吉尼亚鹿或白尾鹿。本研究关注了去势对不同年龄和一年中不同时间的鹿角生长的影响，以及对正常和去势的公鹿和母鹿使用丙酸睾丸酮的影响。
SEVERAL of us at the Harvard Medical School have been interested for some years in the study of the antlers of deer. We have attempted more especially to analyze by experimental means the factors controlling the annual renewal, growth, and shedding of the antlers. For this purpose, we have availed ourselves of a group of Virginia or white-tailed deer kept in captivity at the Wildlife Research Center, Delmar, N. Y. The present investigations have been concerned with the effects of castration upon the growth of the antlers of deer at different ages and times of the year, as well as with the effects of testosterone propionate administered to both normal and castrated male and female deer.