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Effects of stilbestrol implants on pasture gains of steers in Hawaii.
R. D. Furr, Estel Herman Cobb
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Abstract
UCTIONAni mal scien tists a re continuous ly striving to fi nd new ways and means of increasing pe rforman c e and feed effi ci en cy of large a nima ls .In the past decade , a number of feed additives, drugs, a nd h ormon es have be en s t ud ie d a nd eva lua ted a t va r ious agr ic ult ura l e x pe rime nt s tations.Diethylsti lbes tro l (c ommonl y ca lle d s ti lbestro l) is on e of th ese.St il bes tro l is a synthet ic c ompound with e s tr oge n ic properties.In t he early 1950 ' s , a co nsid erab le amount of int erest deve loped con c ern ing th e a dmini ste ri ng of th is hormone-l ike compound to be ef ca t t le .S inc e th a t t ime, both a n in cre a s e in rate of ga in and an improvement in fe ed e ff ic ien cy ha ve be e n re pe ate dl y de mons tra ted throug h its proper us e.
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