Metabolic effects of diethylstilbestrol on growing sheep
The feeding of 2.5 mgm. of diethylstilbestrol (DES) per head per day to growing wethers fed a dehydrated grass meal ration increased dry matter intake by 6 per cent and decreased dry matter digestibility by 2.4 per cent. The DES-treated lambs digested 5.4 cent (P<.05) more crude protein, 9.2 per...
Main Author: | Thompson, James Robert |
---|---|
Language: | English |
Published: |
University of British Columbia
2011
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/37341 |
Similar Items
-
The effect of diethylstilbestrol implants and ration protein/energy ratios on the water requirements of growing sheep
by: Thompson, Ann Bernice
Published: (2011) -
The effects of nitrite poisoning in sheep
by: Meyer, Michael Donald, 1948-
Published: (1975) -
Sheep Shearing Impact on Garutian Sheep Physiological Responses
by: Hudiana Hernawan
Published: (2019-01-01) -
Effect of lactic acid administration on rumen myoelectrical activity and pressure changes in the sheep
by: Smith, Craig Michael
Published: (2010) -
Wind-chill index for sheep
by: Barnes, Timothy Ackley
Published: (2011)