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THE thyroid hormone, which regulates about 40 per cent of the body metabolism, is likely to influence the body temperature; but very little systematic work has been done to study the effects of the thyroid on the body-temperatures of growing animals. This seems to have some practical value, because the body-temperature gives an indication of the physiological state of the animal. In the present investigation the effects of known levels of thyroidal stimulation and inhibition, for short or long periods, on the rectal temperatures of the growing male rabbit and the ram have been studied.
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MAQSOOD, M. Influence of the Thyroid on Body Temperature of Growing Animals. Nature 167, 356 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167356a0
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