Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 September 2010
Identical group-feeding experiments (each of 90 days duration) were conducted in the summer and in the winter of 1968. The purpose was to study the feed-lot performance of the Grey Shirazi breed on high- and low-concentrate diets with or without diethylstilboestrol (DES) in two different seasons of the year. Lambs on the high-concentrate diet gained more than those on the low-concentrate diet both in summer and in winter. On both diets lambs performed better under cold than under warm conditions. There was no difference when DES was given orally with the above two rations.