Effects of dietary boron supplementation on the testicular function and thyroid activity in male goats: Involvement of CYP17A1 gene

Abstract

In recent years, the physiological roles of boron (B) have attracted widespread interest, with the predominant focus on the reproductive component (Duydu et al., 2016). Obviously, concentration of B in the environment has become trendy cursed as it is introduced in diversified industrial purposes including cosmetic, food, agricultural and pharmaceutical ones and is easily discharged into the environment (Price et al., 1996).According to the report of European Union, B could be categorized as 'Group 1B' compound of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) that is associated with risk phrases R60-61 (R60: