Diethylstilbestrol for Wintering, Pasturing, and Fattening Beef Cattle

24 milligrams advantage Animal appears average daily gain beginning bestrol Brookings calves carcass grade cattle ceived conducted control lot Corn silage cost per 100 difference dressing dry lot effect experiment external fat fattening phase feed feed cost Figure final final weight final wt four given grid head High higher implanted with 24 Implanting Stilbestrol increased Initial cost less live Lot 1 Lot lower measured ment milligrams milligrams of stilbestrol Number of steers oil meal pellets Oral pasture phase pasture season percent period planted pounds of gain Prairie hay profit received no stilbestrol received stilbestrol requirements response to stilbestrol rib-eye rib-eye muscle score selling price showed shown in table shrink slightly South Dakota soybean oil meal square steers in lot Stil stilbes stilbestrol implants stilbestrol treatment stilbestrol-treated lots supplement tening tion trol Water weight winter phase wintering trial