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Hormonal Control in the Stallion

The diagram represents the endocrine glands in the stallion brain and sites of hormone production within the testis. Hormones production is regulated in a coordinated fashion with what are known as feedback loops. To maintain secretion of the male hormones from the testis, an essential feedback loop exits with the hypothalamus and anterior pituitary.

 

 

 

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Stallion Endocrinology