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Peripheral Plasma Levels of Estrone And Progesterone in Pregnant Pigs Treated with Dexamethasone

Blodplasmanivåer av östron och progesteron hos dräktiga grisar behandlade med dexametason

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 15, pages 111–119 (1974)Cite this article

Abstract

Five pregnant pigs of the Swedish Landrace Breed were treated with dexamethasone i.m. injections during early and late pregnancy. The daily dose of dexamethasone was never more than 100 mg. There were no significant changes in the maternal plasma levels of estrone and progesterone during dexamethasone injections. The dexamethasone initiated neither abortion nor parturition.

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Fem dräktiga grisar (Svensk Lantras) behandlades under tidig och sen dräktighet med intramuskulära injektioner av dexametason. Den dagliga dosen dexametason överskred aldrig 100 mg. Inga signifikanta förändringar av plasmanivåerna av östron och progesteron kunde ses i samband med behandlingarna. Dexametasonet initierade varken abort eller prematur förlossning.

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  1. Primate Laboratory of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Uppsala, Box 565, S-751 22, Uppsala, Sweden

    W. T. K. Bosu, L.-E. Edqvist & B. Gustafsson

  2. Department of Clinical Biochemistry and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Veterinary College, Stockholm, Sweden

    W. T. K. Bosu, L.-E. Edqvist & B. Gustafsson

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This study was supported by the Swedish Council for Forestry and Agricultural Research and the Ford Foundation.

The following abbreviations and trivial names are used : Dexamethasone : 9α-fluoro-16α-methyl-11β,17α,21-trihydroxy-1,4-pregnadiene-3,20-dione, Estrone : 3-hydroxy-1,3,5 (10) -estratriene-17-one, Progesterone : 4-pregnene-3,20-dione, s: Standard deviation

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Bosu, W.T.K., Edqvist, LE. & Gustafsson, B. Peripheral Plasma Levels of Estrone And Progesterone in Pregnant Pigs Treated with Dexamethasone. Acta Vet Scand 15, 111–119 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547498

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