Experimental observations on evaluation of products from anabolic agents-stimulated farm animals

In the U.S.S.R. the research activities on the use of anabolic agents have been carried out only on an experimental basis by agricultural and human medicine research centres. The evaluation of the animal products from the biological point of view consisted of: 1. evaluation of the biological effect on the laboratory animals; 2. assessment of the breakdown and role of the anabolic agents in muscle tissue and the estimation of the residue amounts of the anabolic agents in meat after slaughter; 3. evaluation of the biological quality of meat obtained from treated animals. Taking into account the above-mentioned directions of the research activities, the influence of diethylstilbestrol was taken into consideration. It has been concluded that the use of diethylstilbestrol leads to detrimental results from the medical authorities' point of view.