Ractopamine in diets for finishing gilts Ractopamina em dietas para fêmeas suínas na fase de terminação

An experiment was carried out using 468 gilts, with an initial weight of 84.77 ± 7.20 kg and allotted into 36 pens to evaluate the effect of the addition of ractopamine in the diets on performance, characteristics and yields of carcass comercial cuts, composition and retail cuts of ham. It was used...

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Main Authors: P.H. Watanabe, M.C. Thomaz, L.A.F. Pascoal, U.S. Ruiz, E. Daniel, J. Cristani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2011-04-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982011000400017