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This thesis may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use: you will use the copy only for the purposes of research or private study you will recognise the author's right to be identified as the author of the thesis and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate you will obtain the author's permission before publishing any material from the thesis. -2 11 in fi 170( : CHARI 1 HO~: HO'W HO' H AU.O-TETRAHYDRO- CORTI SOL CORroL TETRAHYDRO-CORTI SOL TETRAHVDRO-CORTI SONE P-CORTOl CORTOLONE ,B-CORTOlONE Ho,;F Hcr(f} Ho,iF Hoa} M II-KETO- H IIp-HYOROXY- -ANDROSTERONE -ANDROSTERONE H II-I(ETO- -ETIOCHOLANOL-ONE H IIP-HVDROXV- -ETIOCHOLANOL-ONE (1) It '!fila 1. n ~let'lrYJ!,'OJ.:JI 7 r \ - 1 ( ) - in - I1 ( ( 5- in THE PRINCIPAL URINARY METABOLITES OF S-IONONE I P-CAROTENE P-IONONE CH-C~-CH-CH II. o KETONE J I ''a, o K o " .. II o Ol-KETONE .a.. II o HYDROXY-KETONE CH-CLI-C -tH .. IE: HYDROXY-KETONE Cl-I-CH-C -CH KETONE S OH ' G CH- eH-eH-eH ' .. HO 0 , i I J ,; HYDROX¥- KETONE C .. I OH S I i .I, I I i 1 on JaILANATl ON 01" FIGURES 1 - 4 Fl.un 1: AbllOrption spectr. or Oon1801 aDd ,S-lOBODe In plieD.11bJ'dras1_c1d (i>b/Ao) and acid eoltltloD8 Cort1_1 (SOfAg/ml.) in Pb/Ac soln• . . -A Cort1801 (50M?!ml.) 1n Aold eoln • • --. ,1J-Ienone (501"'g/ml.) 1n Pb/Ac 801n • • - -. (3-1080. . (50f'g/ml.) in Ac1d _In. A-A ~1nr. con eo &.-----. e-. • __ • )(-x ')(- -x ft 1nAbsorption speotra of a 2/1 rd.%'ture or Pb/Ac and Acid 80lut10n•• j3-!ODODe and Cortl801 (.50",g/ml.) 1 n Pb/I.e 801ft. ;;-lonoDe (lOO,...g/ml.) in Ph/AC ••1n • ,I3-101lOu8 (100 ,Mg/ml.) in AcId 801n. 001't11101 (SOf'g/ml.) and ;3-IoDODe (If)O,..Yml.) 1n Ph/A" eo1&. Oortisol (50",Yml.) and ,A-IODOJle (laO t-'g/ml.) 1n Acid 8010• _----------" .. _. }<"s.r." 3: Standard Cune of /.3-IonoM aDd O. • a~405 ~ 1n acid coln • . • _. x- -x . ... - tbe ~1,. re41totlol1 1n IS -1oUODe % DeeNaH in 0.,0. a-t ltD5 DIf' - pl'oponloD81 to StaMard ~~e QG~centr8t1onor f--IoDODe Absorption apectre or 00"1801 and Urine atnota. 11be. and lonone corrected. •• Cortt.ol (30fAgllIIl.) 1n Pb/Ae 801n. x-x Uriu 1 I ranoM co.......ted t!ag~1 Porte x- -x Urlne 1 : POl'ter-Sl1ber • •NOted .-. Unne 2 : lonone .- -. UPine 2 : Porte1'-S11'ber oorPltOte4. 001'1'80'_ FIGURE 2 FIGURE I AITl}J 390 410 FIGURE 3 . aD. "I" Decrease In 20 30 0'4 0.0. 0'6 10 o·a FIGURE o 370 " 55 ( ) ( f ( ( ) :5 :3 .3 1l"J21, 18.J 19 J '1 1" 5, :3 1 !~., 10 :2 " 2, 7, \,&e i n't.~~Mi~ J'~U".:U'l.!1i! 1I l:m:.t !Ef1:!"f'1·cultie~ to of' f'rOll1 tb~ t~lal .. ( s) ( 60 PL otoac op ith p 1 gp x cone attaob nt. 62 2 :fitt ( ) ( ) 65 P TE 3. Plori.11 chro eto ,rapbic col ill t an ( ( 1) It ( 3 1 1) 1)1<> (1.5 - 1.9 I ,) were ( ) ( FIGURE 5 CONTROL GROUP Southdown .. - . - . Merino 11- - -II Romney .. II EFFECTIVE BODY WEIGHT FEED INTAKE Kg. r---------------~ Kg. 5S /,.-.-. • 1' ......... 2S /,' • _iI ... ......../ My g. I I I . -- 35 Jy J A CLEAN DRY WOOL PRODUCTION .•....-. --~-. ----'II'",. ...... "'- ....... -"""" ... _CI -- .,.,. 1.0 A Jy J FIBRE DIAMETER ~5 10 2.0 My 25 '" My J Jy A ",.,..' My _"-'-111-' J Jy _CI A 10) slIght f " 11 ( FIGURE 6 TREATED 111-111-----.. II II -III EFFECTIVE BODY WEIGHT INTAKE Kg. 20 l- lS 10 I- ,II, ._--.---,/ e - .. _ . ____ . /' / ./ .. ~ Jy J CLEAN DRY WOOL PRODUCTION II 0.5 50 40 A 1.5 1.0 e--- e-- 30 I My g. Kg. e e-e--. Southdown Merino Romney 11_My , FIBRF Jy II", .~ " .... ~"D_._ 11".:::.::.'.. ,- II '\ ,\ 20 .. .... A DIAMETER ..... 11'-::. 1 __ 2S ,- J ", , 11_. 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