Effect of a calcium-deficient diet and vitamin d on thyrocalcitonin in cows
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1972
Abstract
The plasma thyrocalcitonin (TCT)- like activity, determined by biologic assay after oxycellulose extraction, in nonpregnant-nonlactating cows was 87 ± 21 MRC mU/1 and the gland content of TCT was 624 ± 64 MRC mU/g. The administration of a calcium-deficient diet to adult cows for 30 days resulted in a significant decrease in serum concentration of calcium and a reduction in the thyroid content of TCT to 55% of controls. Plasma TCT-like activity was not altered significantly despite a lowering of the serum calcium. Cows receiving the calcium-deficient diet with the addition of vitamin D (30 million units daily) from the 20th to the 30th day had a reduction of TCT in the thyroid to 32% of controls. The administration of vitamin D to cows receiving the calcium-deficient diet did not result in a significant increase in the serum concentration of calcium. Plasma TCT-like activity was not changed from that of control cows. The reduction in thyroid stores of TCT in both groups of experimental cows occurred in the absence of a significant hypercalcemic stimulus. © 1972 by The Endocrine Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Endocrinology
First Page
276
Last Page
281
Recommended Citation
Young, D., Capen, C., & Black, H. (1972). Effect of a calcium-deficient diet and vitamin d on thyrocalcitonin in cows. Endocrinology, 90 (1), 276-281. https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-90-1-276
