In what five ways do drugs and hormones increase the efficiency of livestock production?

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Drugs and hormones increase the efficiency of livestock production in the following ways:

1 . Antibiotics increasing growth of poultry and pigs
2 . Estrogen and other sex hormones enhancing growth in cattle
3 . Somatotropin improving the efficiency of milk production in dairy cattle
4 . Adrenergic agonists increasing growth and feed efficiency of pigs and cattle
5 . Ionophores improving the efficiency of fermentation in the rumen of cattle

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