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EXPOSURE to high environmental temperature has reduced the fertility in females of a number of species of animals1–5. Injections of cortisone or adrenocorticotrophic hormone into pregnant rats, rabbits and mice caused embryonic deaths5,6. 36–48 hr. starvation at the time of exposure increased the susceptibility of mice to Staphylococcus aureus infection7. Temporary reduction in pasture ‘quality’ at the time of mating has been associated with bovine female infertility (MeClure, unpublished data).
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MCCLURE, T. Temporary Nutritional Stress and Infertility in Mice. Nature 181, 1132 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811132a0
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