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said. “Most of the increase in
muscle was in hind legs, up by 19 to
33 percent in both experiments,
while loin muscle areas increased
in size by 25 to 30 percent.”
The Cornell scientist noted that
loin eye areas in cimaterol-fed
animals reached normal size five
to six weeks sooner than those in
the control animals. More im
portant, cimaterol reduced the
amount of fat in carcasses by 32 to
66 percent in the Dorset wethers
(castrated lambs) and by 30 to 38
percent in the Suffolk-Dorset ram
lambs.
“Even the fat within the muscle
decreased by about 50 percent,”
Beermann said.
His findings also include;
• The animals did not grow any
bigger than normal. Thus, the
overall size and weight of the
animals at slaughter were within
the normal range.
• Cimaterol had no effect on
bone growth in terms of size.
• Feed consumption by
cimaterol-fed animals was no
more than usual amounts in both
experiments.
• The health of the animals
remained unaffected.
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“Short-term and long-term
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“These changes were achieved
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Just how cimaterol brings about
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“What’s apparently happening is
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Center. Angus breeders can obtain
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show. All of the events associated
with World Pork Expo will be at
the lowa State Fairgrounds.
NPPC president Ron Kahle, a
pork producer from Kearney, NE,
said the World Pork Expo “will be
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lowa State Fairgrounds will allow
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“we will be able to demonstrate to
producers such things as embryo
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