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Table 1 Overview of interventions in sheep osteoporosis model

From: A tissue-based approach to selection of reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR in a sheep osteoporosis model

 

Surgery

Medication

Antibiotic

Diet

Cortico-steroids

Control

Sham

X

X

standard feed

OVX

ovariectomy

X

X

standard feed

OVXD

ovariectomy

X

X

deficient in calcium and vitamin D3

OVXDS

ovariectomy

X

X

deficient in calcium and vitamin D3

X

  1. Animals were treated with the respective procedures for eight months
  2. OVX ovariectomy, OVXD ovariectomy + diet, OVXDS ovariectomy + diet + steroids