Abstract
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Male and female turkeys were started on weekly injections of diethylstilbestrol at 6, 8, and 10 weeks of age. Such treatments caused the development of secondary male characteristics consisting of gobbling, strutting, development of thickenings of the neck region, prolapsed rectums, and precocious mating actions. There were also feminizing effects from DES treatments consisting of atrophy of the testes in males and hypertrophy of the oviduct in females. Increased fat deposition and hypercholesterolemia also occurred in treated birds.
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