The effect of ractopamine supplementation at 5 ppm of swine finishing diets on growth performance, carcass composition and ultimate pork quality;Incidence dun supplément de 5 ppm de ractopamine dans la ration de finition sur la croissance des porcs, la composition de la carcasse et la qualité de la viande

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-66

  Patience, J F ^a   Shand, P ^b   Pietrasik, Z ^b   Merrlill, J ^c   Vessie, G ^c   Ross, K A ^a,b   Beaulieu, A D ^a  

^a PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE INC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Division Eli Lilly Canada Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beta adrenergic agonist; Carcass composition; Pork quality; Ractopamine; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 70349501655     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJAS07152     Document Type: Article

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