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Hormone Use In Livestock
There have been many recent developments in the field of hormones. One of these has been the use of hormones in livestock. Many farmers are finding it beneficial to use hormones to help stimulate the growth of their animals as well as making the meet leaner. They also use hormone injections to induce su ....
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.... if it is taken in the expected dose of 5mg/pig/day. If the pig is given a substantially larger amount, 15mg/pig/day, there will be side effects. Researchers have shown that a pig on a high amount of PST will have gastric ulcers.
Porcine somatotropin must be injected or implanted into the animals. If PST is taken orally, it will be broken down in the stomach and intestines of the pig.
There are two highly controversial growth hormones, Diethylstilbestrol, or DES, and antibiotics. DES is now banned because in high doses it was found to be capable of causing cancer. Scient ....
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