If the information on this page can help prevent the loss of a sheep to bloat, it will have been worth my time to put this information here. In the simplest of explanations, bloat is an excess of gases in the rumen of sheep.
Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is a hormone, produced mainly by cardiomyocytes, with a major role in cardiovascular homeostatic mechanisms such as natriuresis and vasodilation, which serve to regulate blood pressure.
The secretion of hormones from the anterior pituitary is controlled by the production of hormones by the hypothalamus. Although there are a number of different hormones they can be split into two main types: 1  hormones that tell the pituitary to switch on production of a hormone (a releasing hormone).ormones produced by other glands in the body. In total more than 200 hormones or hormone-like substances have been discovered. In addition to the hormones listed in the table above, five of these hormones are controlled by hormones released by the pituitary.