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At what age and with what method are people casterating bulls.
From what I understand there has been a trend to do it a little later and take advantage of the higher growth rate with bulls. My Vet has a device that bands with surgical tubing, crimps the tubing and cuts the excess tubing off.
Then I was listening to a speaker that said research has shown for a long time that yes, bulls will grow faster then steers but once you casterate them their rate of gain decreases for a little while due to the stress. Casterating early may result in a little lag behind the bulls but once the bulls get casterated later the steers pass them leaving them in the dust.