@article{67e1ff47c48e4d108dfd84bce09abc86,
title = "Factors in the dose-response effect of testosterone in the male ring dove",
abstract = "The dose-response effect of testosterone propionate on six behavioral patterns was examined in the castrated male ring dove. There was no dose-response effect when all behaviors were compared on the 13th day, the last day of systemic injection. However, a discernible dose-response effect in two behavioral patterns (Bow-coos and Nest-coos) was found on the day when maximal response was manifested. The latency (days) of maximal response differs from one behavioral pattern to the next, but is generally constant for each behavioral pattern at all dose levels.",
author = "T. Klint and Johnson, {A. L.} and Cheng, {M. F.}",
note = "Funding Information: Fifty-four male ring doves who had had at least one breeding experience were bilaterally castrated or sham-operated under anesthesia (Chloropent: 0.25 cc/100 g). For 13 consecutive days commencing two weeks after the surgery, the birds were observed for 40 min daily for behavioral responses to stimulus females. (A choice of two weeks interval between the surgery and TP treatment is based on previous studies.) Following each observation, they were injected systemically with testosterone propionate (TP); different groups received 0, 5, 25, 125 and 250/zg in 0.1 cc sesame oil. The birds were bled following the last behavioral observation (-23 hr after the last TP injection) for the radioimmunoassay of plasma testosterone which was performed according to the procedure described by Johnson and van Tienhoven \[9\], except that the antiserum against testosterone was generated in rabbits (T 5/2), as described by Johnson and Van Tienho-ven \[10\].A ll birds were killed at the end of the experiment 1Contribution Number 373 from the Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers University. This work was supported in part by Swedish Natural Science Research Council and the Sweden-America Foundation to T, Klint, by National Science Foundation Grant BNS-8121495 and Research Scientist Development Award KO2-MH-70897 to M.-F. Cheng, and in part by NSF NIH Grant HD-17432 to A. L. Johnson.",
year = "1984",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/0031-9384(84)90299-3",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "32",
pages = "1037--1040",
journal = "Physiology and Behavior",
issn = "0031-9384",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "6",
}