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Changes in plasma thyroxine (T4) concentrations were followed in 27 fetal sheep after surgical implantation of catheters. Fourteen days were required before stable concentrations of T4 were achieved, whether surgery was performed between 90 and 96 days or 109 and 120 days gestation. Twenty-three fetuses were followed to birth, and during the last four days the T4 concentrations showed no change in 11 fetuses and a significant decrease in the other 12. Birth occurred between 142 and 157 days gestation in both groups. There was a significant rise in T4 concentration during labour in all 23 fetuses. There were large differences among the plasma T4 concentrations of individual ewes which were not related to ambient temperature.
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