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Response of growing steers to monensin sodium supplementation and implantation with trenbolone acetate and hexoestrol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

H. Galbraith  and
G. F. M. Paterson
H. Galbraith
Affiliation:
Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen
G. F. M. Paterson
Affiliation:
Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen
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Current means of improving the efficiency of beef production in the United Kingdom include the use of hormonal anabolic compounds and the feed additive monensin sodium (monensin, ‘Romensin’, Elanco). Results from studies conducted mainly in the United States have shown that monensin may improve food conversion efficiency (e.g. Broome, 1980) which occurs as a result of variable reductions in food intake with or without increases in growth rate. These effects have been associated with alterations in the production of volatile fatty acids and methane in the rumen. Other studies have suggested that protein metabolism may also be affected (e.g. Pendlum, Boling & Bradley, 1980).

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 97 , Issue 2 , October 1981 , pp. 489 - 491
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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