Abstract
Summary
Daily administration of progesterone by subcutaneous injection to a ram and a castrate male sheep for one week resulted in a great increase in the fecal androgenic activity of the ram. This observation suggests that progesterone may serve as a precursor of testicular androgens in the sheep. Some androgen excretion in the feces of a pregnant female sheep was noted but little fecal androgen from untreated males.
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