Effects of birth weight, finishing feeder design, and dietary astaxanthin and ractopamine HCl on the growth, carcass, and pork quality characteristics of pigs; and meta-analyses to improve the prediction of pork fat quality
Doctor of Philosophy === Department of Animal Sciences and Industry === Jim L. Nelssen === Eleven-thousand one-hundred eighty-five pigs were used in 11 experiments to determine effects of birth-weight, feeder design, and dietary astaxanthin (AX) and ractopamine HCl (RAC) on growth, carcass, and pork...
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Kansas State University
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9218 |