Increased mortality in groups of cattle administered the β-adrenergic agonists ractopamine hydrochloride and zilpaterol hydrochloride

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Loneragan, Guy H ^a   Thomson, Daniel U ^b   Scott, H Morgan ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RACTOPAMINE; ZILPATEROL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PHENETHYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC CATTLE; DRUG APPROVAL; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEAT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; WARM CLIMATE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; SURVIVAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PHENETHYLAMINES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRIMETHYLSILYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84898017008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091177     Document Type: Article

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