date:Dec 31, 2013
ock and ethanol producers in recent years, and with drought ravaging the U.S. crop belt, Zilmax seemed like an attractive solution. Some feedlot owners nicknamed it Vitamin Z.
We couldn't find feed cheap enough to make any money on raising cattle, said Turgeon, the cattle nutritionist who works with Beef Northwest.
Many clients had adopted another beta-agonist - Optaflexx, made by Eli Lilly and Co's Elanco Animal Health unit. Elanco is Merck's biggest rival in the animal health business.
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