
TY  - JOUR
A1  - McDonald, BJ 
A1  - Suter, G 
A1  - Hopkins, PS 
T1  - Defleecing Effect of Betamethasone and other Long-acting Corticosteroids, their Influence on Wool Growth and some Physiological Processes in Sheep.
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1982
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
SP  - 33
EP  - 48
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9820033 
N2  - The defleecing effects of the long-acting derivatives of prednisolone, triamcinolone and dexamethasone were compared with those of betamethasone alcohol when these steroids were administered at the rate of 3· 3 mg/kg liveweight in three equal intramuscular injections of 1· 1 mg to Merino wethers. Prednisolone showed no defleecing activity whereas the other steroids produced positive but variable responses. Prolonged depression of wool growth was evident following treatment with dexamethasone esters. 
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