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Filtering by: Subject Beef cattle--Breeding--Oregon Advisor Turner, Harley A. Degree Level Master's

Monensin and zeranol alone and in combination for growing-finishing steers and growing heifers

Creator:

Wooten, Donald Griffin

Abstract:

Ninety-two spring-born and 76 fall-born steer and heifer calves (Hereford and Angus x Hereford) averaging 188 and 255 kg, respectively, were utilized in a 2x2 factorial arrangement of treatments to study the effects of zeranol and monensin, alone and in combination, on growth rate, feed efficiency and carcass characteristics. After...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science