Author : Katherine Suzanne Betts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (751 download)
Book Synopsis The Effect of Feeding Ractopamine on Growth Performance, Carcass Composition, Meat Quality and Cortisol Concentration in Purebred Berkshire Swine by : Katherine Suzanne Betts
Download or read book The Effect of Feeding Ractopamine on Growth Performance, Carcass Composition, Meat Quality and Cortisol Concentration in Purebred Berkshire Swine written by Katherine Suzanne Betts and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The study evaluated the effects of a 28 d pre-harvest ractopamine (RAC) feeding program on average daily gain (ADG), feed conversion efficiency (FC), backfat (BF) and loin muscle area (LMA), pork loin quality, and cortisol concentration in purebred Berkshire pigs (n = 117) utilizing a randomized complete block design with three treatments (Control (C), 0 ppm; RAC5, 5.0 ppm; RAC10; 10 ppm) in four replicates. Litter-mate pigs were randomly assigned to each of the three treatments within a replicate. Ultrasonic BF and LMA, pig weight, and salivary cortisol concentrations were measured at days 0, 7, 14, 21, and 28 of the feeding period. Blood was collected during harvest at exsanguination for plasma cortisol measurements. Carcass composition and pork quality (NPPC, 2000; visual color, marbling, firmness, and wetness and instrumental measures of ultimate pH and Minolta L*, a*, and b* were assessed at 24h post-harvest. Mixed model procedures of SAS were used in analyses. Fixed effects were treatment, sex, and a treatment x sex interaction, with sex and interaction effects removed if not significant (P> 0.10). Random effects included replication and litter nested within replication. Individual ADG was greater (P