Thyroidectomy decreased the body weight and the height of the cells lining the sex-segment of the kidney of the Chequered Water-snake, Natrix piscator maintained at 30 °C; at 40 °C the liver, kidney and gonad were also affected. At the higher temperature, thyroidectomy influenced significantly protein, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. At 30 °C, only a decrease in the rate of esterification of the free fatty acids in the liver and of their release from the adipose tissue was observed. The difference in the effect of thyroidectomy at 30 and 40 °C is explained by suggesting that thyroid activity was low in animals maintained at the lower temperature and high in those kept at the higher temperature.
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