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1986; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 86-320-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 494; Beef; Implants; Suckling; Growth; Steer performance
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Effects Of Preweaning And Post Weaning Implants On Suckling, Growing, And Finishing Steer Performance, D.D. Simms, R.W. Lee, S.B. Laudert, James J. Higgins
Effects Of Preweaning And Post Weaning Implants On Suckling, Growing, And Finishing Steer Performance, D.D. Simms, R.W. Lee, S.B. Laudert, James J. Higgins
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
One hundred and ninety-five crossbred steers were used to compare lifetime implant strategies and study the effects of implanting during the suckling period on performance in the growing and finishing periods. There were no differences in growing period gains when both groups were implanted in the suckling period and the growing period. However, steers implanted in the suckling period but not implanted in the growing period had significantly lower gains than all other treatments including controls. Steers implanted only in the growing period had better feed efficiency in the growing period than both controls and steers implanted only in the …