What is Ralgro made of?

What is Ralgro made of?

Composition. Zeranol, the active drug in RALGRO, is a derivative of resorcylic acid lactone fermentation product. The RALGRO implant provides a management tool to produce increased rate of weight gain and greater feed efficiency in all classes of beef cattle.

What is Ralgro used for?

RALGRO is an anabolic agent that increases rate of weight gain and improves feed conversion of weaned beef calves, growing beef cattle, feedlot steers and feedlot heifers.

How long does Ralgro implants last?

approximately 90 to 120 days
Synovex, Ralgro and STEER-oid implants are effective for approximately 90 to 120 days. Thus, for a continuous response from these implants, cattle need to be reimplanted approximately every 100 days.

How much does Ralgro cost?

Ralgro for Beef Steers and Heifers

ITEM ITEM SIZE SIZE PRICE MAP PRICE Minimum Advertised Pricing (MAP) is the lowest advertised price allowed by the manufacturer.
Item: 16595 Size: 24 ds $37.99
Item: 23179 Size: 240 ds multipack $379.90

Can you use Ralgro on goats?

Ralgro® is not approved for use in goats. Instead of relying on growth promotants, many sheep and goat producers leave their male offspring intact.

Is Ralgro a hormone?

Ralgro is not non-hormonal. It is a synthesized product. The original idea for Ralgro came from a microtoxin from corn. They noticed when it was fed to pigs they got an improvement in performance but also enlarged vulvas and mammary development.

Is Ralgro a steroid?

Steroid hormones and beef cattle. Zeranol, which is the active ingredient in the name brand, Ralgro, isn’t a steroid, but acts like a steroid by binding to the estrogen receptor. It is a synthetic form of the natural estrogen, zearalenone, produced by Fusarium spp. fungi.

Do hormones in cows affect humans?

Recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), which is a synthetic cow hormone that encourages milk production, has no detectable effect on humans. However, manipulating growth hormones in this way may actually increase the production of other hormones such as insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1).

How many mg of Zeranol is in Ralgro?

RALGRO is an anabolic agent that increases rate of weight gain and improves feed conversion of weaned beef calves, growing beef cattle, feedlot steers and feedlot heifers Each dose consists of three small pellets, each containing 12 mg of zeranol, for a total of 36 mg of zeranol in each dose

What does Ralgro do for beef heifers?

RALGRO is an anabolic agent that increases rate of weight gain and improves feed conversion of weaned beef calves, growing beef cattle, feedlot steers and feedlot heifers RALGRO also increases rate of weight gain of suckling beef calves

Can you use Ralgro on suckling beef calves?

RALGRO also increases rate of weight gain of suckling beef calves. Do not use in veal calves. Effectiveness and animal safety in veal calves have not been established.

What is the metabolite of zearalenone in beef?

An important metabolite (breakdown product) of zearalenone is zeranol, a compound that is also produced as a synthetic compound (brand name Ralgro) and is largely used in the U.S. beef industry to increase growing speeds of the animals used for meat. Zearalenone and zeranol mimic the natural estrogen estradiol.