Previous investigations have suggested that estrogen treatment affects connective tissue. The work reported here represents a study of the influence of orally administered stilbestrol on the connective tissue of the loin eye muscle of lambs. Thirty-six wether lambs were individually fed a high-energy diet which included varying amounts of stilbestrol and crude
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