Dietary ractopamine promotes growth, feed efficiency and carcass responses over a wide range of available lysine levels in finisher boars and gilts

Animal Production Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-17

  Rikard Bell, C V ^a,b   Pluske, J R ^b   Van Barneveld, R J ^c   Mullan, B P ^d   Edwards, A C ^e   Gannon, N J ^f   Henman, D J ^g   Dunshea, F R ^h  

^a Elanco Animal Health   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Barneveld Nutrition   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ACE Consulting   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g RIVALEA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIG; PNEUMONIA;

MYCOPLASMA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84871669457     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN11351     Document Type: Article

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