The Effect of Orally Administered Stilbestrol and Testosterone on Growth and Carcass Composition of Swine
- 1 May 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 14 (2) , 475-481
- https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1955.142475x
Abstract
Methyl testosterone, at a level of 20 mg. per animal daily, or diethylstilbestrol, at a level of 2 mg. per animal daily, was fed both with and without terramycin in a practical ration to growing and fattening pigs in drylot. The oral administration of these hormones did not improve growth rate or feed efficiency. The feeding of stilbestrol produced clear-cut mammary stimulation in both males and females and enlargement and congestion of the vulva in the female.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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