The effects of ractopamine on the behavior and physiology of finishing pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 416-422

  Marchant Forde, J N ^a,b   Lay Jr , D C ^a   Pajor, E A ^a   Richert, B T ^a   Schinckel, A P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Catecholamines; Handling; Pigs; Ractopamine

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; PHENETHYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; RACTOPAMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HEART RATE; PHENETHYLAMINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0037528985     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.812416x     Document Type: Article

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