Robinzon B, Rozenboim I, Sayag N, Gvaryahu G, Waxler J, Snapir N
Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1987 Jun;27(2):223-6. doi: 10.1016/0091-3057(87)90561-2.
The leaning role, previously suggested for testosterone in chickens, was tested in males and females of fatty and lean breeds. The breeds used were the White Leghorn (WL), of which the male is very lean, and the White Giant (WG) and the White Cornish X White Rock (WCWR), in which both sexes accumulate fat. Castration of WL males induced adiposity and replacement therapy with testosterone propionate (TP) reduced the fat to normal. However, in males of the fatty breeds, neither castration nor TP administration had any effect on adiposity. Similarly, long-term supplementation of a high dose of TP had no effect on the level of adiposity in females of both the heavy and the light breeds. Thus, the leaning effect found for testosterone in the WL male is not a general phenomenon in chickens but rather a specific response of the WL male.
先前在鸡身上提出的睾酮的促瘦作用，在肥胖和瘦型品种的雄性和雌性鸡中进行了测试。所使用的品种有白来航鸡（WL），其雄性非常瘦，还有白巨人鸡（WG）和白科尼什鸡×白洛克鸡（WCWR），这两个品种的雌雄鸡都会积累脂肪。阉割WL雄性鸡会导致肥胖，而用丙酸睾酮（TP）替代疗法可使脂肪恢复正常。然而，在肥胖品种的雄性鸡中，阉割和给予TP均对肥胖没有任何影响。同样，长期补充高剂量的TP对重型和轻型品种雌性鸡的肥胖水平也没有影响。因此，在WL雄性鸡中发现的睾酮的促瘦作用并非鸡的普遍现象，而是WL雄性鸡的特定反应。
