Effects of feeding ractopamine (Paylean) on growth and carcass traits in finishing pigs marketed at equal slaughter weights

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 657-663

  Hinson, R B ^a   Galloway, H O ^b   Boler, D D ^c   Ritter, M J ^d   McKeith, F K ^b   Carr, S N ^d  

^a JBS United   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcass; Equal weight; Paylean; Pig; Ractopamine hydrochloride

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882732452     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30425-3     Document Type: Article

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