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Fescue induced inhibition of prolactin secretion : development of a rat model
dc.contributor.advisor | Bratton, Gerald | |
dc.creator | Manning, Walter Scott | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-02T20:37:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-02T20:37:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1986 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-16948 | |
dc.description | Typescript (photocopy). | en |
dc.description.abstract | Effects of Kentucky-31 endophyte-infected seed extract (KEISE) on serum and plasma prolactin (PRL), on hypophyseal concentrations of PRL and the ultrastructure of hypophyseal and mammary glands were investigated. Timebred Sprague-Dawley rats received chronic levels of KEISE or PSS over a period of 10 d. The KEISE-treated dams did not produce a rise in serum PRL after whelping and were agalactic. Pups were either stillborn or small and weak and usually starved to death. PSS-treated dams produced normal, elevations in serum PRL after whelping, supplying copious amounts of milk to large, healthy litters. Student's T test indicated no difference between control and treated rats on d 16 and 13 and differences on d 20, 22, 24 and 26. Dunnett's test indicated treatment means for control rats differed from control means all days except d 16. Treatment means for KEISE-treated rats did not dif fer from control mean. Non-pregnant rats with heterogeneous hypophyseal grafts (HAG) were used to produce artificially high levels of PRL to observe the effects of KEISE on plasma PRL. A single dose of 4.86 gram seed equivalents/milliliter (g sd eg/ml) of KEISE produced a decrease in PRL for 3 to 6 h, then rebounded to the original zero levels. Plasma PRL in PSS-treated rats remained constant throughout the experiment. The pattern across time differed significantly (P<.05) A dose response using PRL and KEISE was observed in the HAG rats. Plasma PRL levels decreased as a linear function of increasing KEISE dose levels (30 min: P<0.03 and 60 min: P<0.01). Prolactin was immunocytochemically stained in hypophyseal tissue and evaluated with a microspectrophotometer. Absorbance in KEISE-treated animals was 22% while PSS-treated animals absorbed 37%, a substantial difference at the 95% confidence level. Hypophyseal and mammary tissues from KEISE and PSS-treated synchronized-bred nursing rats were studied ultrastructurally. PRL-producing cells from KEISE-treated rats showed decreased rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER), Golgi apparatus (GA), ribosomes and immature and mature secretory granules compared to control cells. The mammary gland in KEISE-treated rats contained noticeable differences in RER and GA when compared to controls and secretory vesicles increased confirming a lack of secretion. | en |
dc.format.extent | xiv, 194 leaves | en |
dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | Major veterinary anatomy | en |
dc.subject.classification | 1986 Dissertation M284 | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Forage plants | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Toxicology | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Prolactin | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Tall fescue | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cattle | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Diseases | en |
dc.title | Fescue induced inhibition of prolactin secretion : development of a rat model | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
thesis.degree.name | Ph. D | en |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Amoss, Max S. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | McArthur, Newell | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Scott, George G. | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Sis, Raymond F. | |
dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
dc.type.material | text | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
dc.identifier.oclc | 17625675 |
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