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Document Type
Research
Abstract
The antithyroid drug, propylthiouracil (PTU), when fed to white rats at the dietary level of 0.1 percent PTU in finely ground laboratory chow for ten weeks prior to mating, does not affect the ability of either male or female rats to reproduce. All metabolic evidences examined indicate a lower metabolism under the influence of PTU. The PTU dietary treatment was ceased at conception of PTU females. Characteristics of the offspring did not differ from those produced by mothers maintained on normal laboratory chow throughout the experiment.
Publication Date
1960
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
67
Issue
1
First Page
463
Last Page
470
Copyright
©1960 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Cook, Kenneth M.
(1960)
"The Influence of the Antithyroid Drug, Propylthiouracil, on Reproduction In Rats,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 67(1), 463-470.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol67/iss1/58