Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Author "Eckersall, PD"
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Effect of experimental infection with Trypanosoma congolense and scrotal insulation on Leydig cell steroidogenesis in the ram.
Mutayoba, BM; O'Shaughnessy, PJ; Jeffcoate, IA; Eckersall, PD; Cestnik, V; Holmes, PH (University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Physiology, 1997-08)Testicular steroid content and Leydig cell steroidogenesis in vitro were investigated in rams on Days 28 and 58 after Trypanosoma congolense infection and were compared with those of rams in which testicular temperature ... -
Effects of castration on luteinizing hormone secretion and response to gonadotrophin-releasing hormone in sheep infected with Trypanosoma congolense.
Mutayoba, BM; Eckersall, PD; Jeffcoate, IA; Harvey, MJ; Cestnik, V; Holmes, PH (University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Physiology, 1996-01)The effects of trypanosomiasis on the endocrine function of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis were investigated before and after castration of Scottish Blackface rams infected with Trypanosoma congolense and uninfected ... -
Effects of Trypanosoma congolense infection in rams on the pulsatile secretion of LH and testosterone and responses to injection of GnRH.
Mutayoba, BM; Eckersall, PD; Jeffcoate, IA; Cestnik, V; Holmes, PH (University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Physiology, 1994-11)Changes in pulsatile secretion of LH and testosterone and responses to exogenous GnRH were assessed at different stages of Trypanosoma congolense infection in rams. Jugular blood samples were collected every 15 min for 6 ... -
Effects of Trypanosoma congolense on pituitary and adrenocortical function in sheep: changes in the adrenal gland and cortisol secretion.
Mutayoba, BM; Eckersall, PD; Cestnik, V; Jeffcoate, IA; Gray, CE; Holmes, PH (University of Nairobi.Department of Animal Physiology, 1995-03)The effect of trypanosomiasis on adrenal function was studied in 10 pubertal Scottish blackface rams infected with Trypanosoma congolense and nine uninfected controls. Plasma cortisol concentration was measured by ...