Ractopamine in diets for finishing pigs of different sexual categories

Performance and carcass and cut yield of finishing pigs of three sexual categories fed diets with different levels of ractopamine were studied. Forty-eight hybrid animals (initial weight of 92.1±2.4 kg) were distributed in a completely randomised design in 3 × 2 factorial arrangement (three sexual c...

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Main Authors: Carlos Enrique da Trindade Barbosa, Carolina Teixeira Costa Silva, Vinícius de Souza Cantarelli, Márcio Gilberto Zangeronimo, Raimundo Vicente de Sousa, Cesar Augusto Pospissil Garbossa, Níkolas de Oliveira Amaral, Walmes Marques Zeviani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2012-05-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000500014