Effects of extracted wheat germ oil in sheep and cattle.
one group was orally drenched with ethylene dichloride extracted wheat germ oil (edc-wgo) over two breeding seasons. In ewes drenched with edc-wgo the lambing percentages of mated ewes increased by 12\m=.\9%and the number of ewes lambing by 7\m=.\6%In Guernsey cows given edc-wgo there was no significant effect on the number of services per conception. The possible effects of oxygen uptake increasing components in edc-wgo on early reproductive processes are discussed.
Effects of Octacosanol on Chick Comb Growth
Summary Topical application of octacosanol, a 28 carbon atom, straight chain, saturated alcohol, on the combs of immature White Leghorn chicks caused a highly significant increment in chick comb growth. In contrast to results with testosterone propionate, a dose-response relationship was not obtained. A strain difference in response to octacosanol administration was observed.
Wheat germ oil (vitamin E) therapy in obstetrics
Abstract The observations concerning the clinical use of wheat germ oil (vitamin E) in 80 women with various reproductive difficulties, as recorded in this paper, permit the following inferences:
 1. 1. Wheat germ oil (vitamin E) appears to be of definite value and to have its greatest scope of usefulness in the prevention of repeated spontaneous abortions (habitual abortion) for which no cause is obvious. 2. 2. The oil may be used with advantage, also, as an adjunct in the treatment of threatened abortion if it is administered promptly and in relatively large quantities. 3. 3. It is of no avail in the treatment of nonfertility.