Ractopamine levels for finishing barrows maintained in heat stress Níveis de ractopamina para suínos machos castrados em terminação mantidos sob estresse por calor

The objective of this study was to evaluate performance, quantitative characteristics of carcass, and visceral responses of barrows maintained on heat stress enviroment and fed diets supplemented with ractopamine. It was used 48 animals with initial weight of 67.3 ± 3.8 kg, distributed in a randomiz...

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Main Authors: Josilene Figueiredo Sanches, Charles Kiefer, Alfredo Sampaio Carrijo, Mariana Souza de Moura, Elizangela Alves da Silva, Alexandre Pereira dos Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2010-07-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982010000700019