Live and carcass measurements of steers castrated at three different ages and slaughtered at 2 or 3 years of age
Forty-eight Sussex male calves were allotted at birth to the following three treatments: (i) castrated within 24 h after birth with elastrator rings and (ii) and (iii) castrated at 3 and 6 months using a burdizzo. Bodymass was…