Implanted Steers Show Gains in Penn State Drylot Tests
In Penn State feeding trials, about 700 pound steers in drylots implanted with 36 mg stilbestrol at the start showed the largest grain gains, compared with non implanted or pasture fed groups.
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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1958
Page
3
In Penn State feeding trials, about 700 pound steers in drylots implanted with 36 mg stilbestrol at the start showed the largest grain gains, compared with non implanted or pasture fed groups.
The Lancaster Farming report notes 11 steers studied in dry lot and pasture. Grass pasture as sole feed yielded smallest increases but plantings increased gains at lower cost than stilbestrol fed at 2 to 10 milligram levels. Continued on page twelve.
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