Interactive Effects Between Ractopamine Hydrochloride and Dietary Lysine on Finishing Pig Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Pork Quality, and Tissue Accretion1

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 597-611

  Webster, M J ^a   Goodband, R D ^a   Tokach, M D ^a   Nelssen, J L ^a   Dritz, S S ^a   Unruh, J A ^a   Brown, K R ^a   Real, D E ^a   Derouchey, J M ^a   Woodworth, J C ^a   Groesbeck, C N ^a   Marsteller, T A ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Finishing pig; Lysine; Ractopamine

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649132810     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31029-9     Document Type: Article

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