In oviparous vertebrates each period of egg production is associated with profound changes in blood chemistry, in physiology and in morphology of the female. The plasma changes include increased concentrations of certain proteins, lipids, vitamins and minerals and these changes are considered to be related to the mobilization of these compounds for egg formation. In addition to the normal puberal changes, which, as in the mammal, are related to endocrine activity, similar and even greater increases in these plasma constituents result from estrogen treatment of birds of either sex or of castrates.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.111533 |
| Date | January 1958 |
| Creators | Vanstone, William. E. |
| Contributors | Common, R. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Agriculture.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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