Factors modifying the manifestation of thyroid deficiency in thyroidectomized rats and the influence of other hormones on the action of thyroxine.

Removal of the thyroid is not always followed by the impressive group of symptoms described in text-books of Endocrinology. In fact, thyroidectomized rats fed on the commercial diet, Purina Fox Chow, do not show the stunted growth and cretinoid syndrome associated with thyroidectomized animals. [...