Effects of a "step-up" ractopamine feeding program, sex, and social rank on growth performance, hoof lesions, and Enterobacteriaceae shedding in finishing pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 304-313

  Poletto, R ^a,b   Rostagno, M H ^a   Richert, B T ^b   Marchant Forde, J N ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriaceae; Hoof soundness; Performance; Ractopamine; Social rank; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FOOD ADDITIVE; PHENETHYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; RACTOPAMINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOT DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STOMACH JUICE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FECES; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOT DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HOOF AND CLAW; MALE; PHENETHYLAMINES; SEX FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 60549088578     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1188     Document Type: Article

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