Overview of the effects of β-adrenergic receptor agonists on animal growth including mechanisms of action

HJ Mersmann - Journal of animal science, 1998 - academic.oup.com
The β-adrenergic receptors (β-AR) are present on the surface of almost every type of
mammalian cell. These receptors are stimulated physiologically by the neurotransmitter …

Effects of dietary factors and other metabolic modifiers on quality and nutritional value of meat

FR Dunshea, DN D'souza, DW Pethick, GS Harper… - Meat Science, 2005 - Elsevier
A number of technologies that increase feed efficiency and lean tissue deposition while
decreasing fat deposition have been developed in an effort to improve profitability of animal …

Vaccination of boars with a GnRH vaccine (Improvac) eliminates boar taint and increases growth performance

FR Dunshea, C Colantoni, K Howard… - Journal of animal …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Peri-and postpubertal boars accumulate substances (eg, androstenone and skatole) in their
fatty tissue that are responsible for boar taint in pork. The objective of this study was to …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary conjugated linoleic acids increase lean tissue and decrease fat deposition in growing pigs

E Ostrowska, M Muralitharan, RF Cross… - The Journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) decrease the body fat content of rodents; the aim of this
study was to determine whether dietary CLA altered carcass composition of pigs. Female …

The effects of immuno-and surgical-castration on the behaviour and consequently growth of group-housed, male finisher pigs

GM Cronin, FR Dunshea, KL Butler, I McCauley… - Applied Animal …, 2003 - Elsevier
An experiment was conducted to compare behaviour, in particular social and feeding
behaviour, and consequently growth performance of group-housed entire and castrated …

Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of group-penned surgically castrated, immunocastrated (Improvac®) and entire male pigs and …

C Pauly, P Spring, JV O'doherty, SA Kragten, G Bee - Animal, 2009 - cambridge.org
The objective of the study was to compare growth performance, carcass characteristics,
meat quality and fatty acid composition of the adipose tissue of group-penned barrows …

The effect of dietary ractopamine concentration and duration of feeding on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of finishing pigs

TA Armstrong, DJ Ivers, JR Wagner… - Journal of Animal …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT A total of 400 barrows from Dekalb EB and 83 terminal sires mated to 43 and 45
maternal lines were used to evaluate the effects of dietary ractopamine (RAC; Paylean …

Effect of ractopamine on growth performance, carcass composition, and cutting yields of pigs slaughtered at 107 and 125 kilograms

PK Crome, FK McKeith, TR Carr… - Journal of Animal …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
At approximately 68 kg live weight, crossbred barrows and gilts (n= 144) were allocated to
be fed to one of two weight end points (107 kg and 125 kg). Pigs from each weight group …

Meta-analysis of the ractopamine response in finishing swine

JK Apple, PJ Rincker, FK McKeith, SN Carr… - The Professional Animal …, 2007 - Elsevier
Ractopamine HCl (RAC) is a phenethanolamine β-adrenergic agonist used as a feed
supplement that repartitions nutrients from fat deposition to increased protein synthesis and …

Effect of distillers dried grains with solubles and ractopamine (Paylean) on quality and shelf-life of fresh pork and bacon

CM Leick, CL Puls, M Ellis, J Killefer… - Journal of Animal …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Pigs (n= 240) were allotted in a 5× 2 factorial arrangement with 5 levels of
distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS): 0, 15, 30, 45, and 60%, and 2 ractopamine …