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Adult Soay rams were housed indoors under natural lighting during the spring non-mating season when gonadotrophin secretion was low. Four animals received small doses (100 ng or 500 ng) of synthetic LH releasing hormone (LH-RH) infused into the jugular vein by a mechanical device for 60 s every 2 h for 33–57 days: two other rams acted as controls. The prolonged treatment with LH-RH resulted in growth of the testes and the development of the sexual skin flush; these effects were lost when treatment stopped. The plasma concentrations of LH, FSH and testosterone were low at the beginning; each short infusion of LH-RH resulted in a transitory increase in the level of LH and testosterone while the concentration of FSH was only marginally affected. After prolonged treatment with 500 ng pulses of LH-RH the plasma concentrations of all three hormones were permanently raised. The response to the individual injections of LH-RH was also modified, the peak in LH being reduced in amplitude but more prolonged while the FSH and testosterone responses were both enhanced. When the pulsed infusion was stopped the concentration of LH and testosterone declined rapidly while the decline in FSH levels took many days. These endocrine changes induced by the pulsed infusion are comparable to those that occur naturally in the ram during testicular redevelopment before the mating season.

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