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Starting Materi.alF<br />

- 94-<br />

?wo possible sourceg of raw material for ovine placen-<br />

tal lactogen purification have been examined: (1) ovine<br />

placental- cotyledons re¡noved at the time of surgery \4rere<br />

kindly provided by Dr. Hanish A. Robertsonf Reproductive<br />

Physiology, Animal Research Institute, Agf.iculture Canada,<br />

Ottae¡a, Canada; These tissues r¡/ere immediately frozen and<br />

stored at. -20 C \^rithout separating maternal and foetal<br />

cotyledons. (2) Ovine pLacental cotyLedons (foetal and maternal)<br />

a.t mid preqnanci (60 to I20 days of góstation) obtained u,ithin I or z<br />

hours after death ìn the s'iaughter house, Auckìañd, New Zeaìand, were<br />

inrnediately stored frozen at -20 c. These tissues r,rere sent to ltinnipeg<br />

within 30 days after colìection. Arrangements for collection and shipment<br />

were coordinated by Drs. Nîcholson and Lapwood, Massey University, New<br />

Zea'l and.<br />

Hormone Preparations<br />

Human growth hormone (NIH''2019G,2.2 IU,/mg) , ovine<br />

grohrth hormone (oGH, NIH 0-986f¡, 2.b fv/ng\, monkey growth<br />

hormone (mcH, NIH M 9454, 0.9 IU/mg), bovine grolrth hormone<br />

(bGH, NIH 8-10034, 2.0 fv/Ítgr, porcine growth hormone (pGH,<br />

NIH P-5268, 1.5 IU/mg), canine growth hormone (ccH, NIH D-1004,<br />

1.9 lulmg), rat grov¡th hormone ( rcn, NIH RP-lr 0.6 IU,/ng),<br />

human placental lactogen (hPL, NIH, 95t electrophordicaì lJ<br />

pure) ¡ ovine prolactin (oPRt, NIH-P-SFIof 26 Tv/mgl , ovine<br />

luteinizing hormone (oLH, NIH-LH-Sl8), bovíne prolactin

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