dc.contributor.author | Bramley, PS | |
dc.contributor.author | Horrobin, DF | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-25T12:50:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-25T12:50:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1973 | |
dc.identifier.citation | International Research Communications System 1973 pp. 1 p. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19730108084.html?resultNumber=4&q=au%3A%22Bramley%2C+P.+S.%22 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/91505 | |
dc.description.abstract | At 115-130 days of gestation, the single foetuses in 19 Merino ewes were injected in the hamstring muscles with dexamethasone. Four foetuses given 5 mg steroid remained in utero; 4 out of 6 given 10 mg were born within 58-80 h, and all 9 given 20 mg were born within 41-51 h. The min. reliably effective total dose by continuous intraperitoneal infusion was found previously to be about 0.4 mg. This suggests that a min. concentration of the steroid must be available for some time if parturition is to occur, that a brief exposure to a relatively high concentration is not in itself enough, and that the elimination of a single intramuscular injection of dexamethasone from the foetus must be a relatively rapid process. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.title | The induction of premature labour in sheep by means of single injections of dexamethasone into the foetus. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type.material | en | en_US |