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Unlike in the hamster, olfactory bulb removal in the ewe did not influence the gonadotropin or prolactin responses to changing photoperiod nor did it affect basal gonadotropin or prolactin concentrations. Together the results indicate that the olfactory bulbs do not exert a tonic influence on the hypothalamus in this species. To determine whether this apparent species difference reflected a fundamental anatomical difference, the connections between the olfactory bulb formations with the rest of the brain were determined using the anterograde and retrograde neuronal tracer wheat germ agglutinin-conjugated horseradish peroxidase. The connections of the sheep olfactory bulb bore similarities to both rodents and primates. 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