Uttaro B E, Ball R O, Dick P, Rae W, Vessie G, Jeremiah L E
Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, ON, Canada.
J Anim Sci. 1993 Sep;71(9):2439-49. doi: 10.2527/1993.7192439x.
One hundred twenty-eight 64-kg crossbred barrows and gilts were administered either 0 or 20 ppm of Ractopamine (RAC) in a pelleted corn-soybean meal diet that contained either 17.5 or 19.6% CP. Carcass quality was evaluated after slaughter at 100 kg. Dietary protein levels produced few significant effects; therefore, data were pooled for analysis. Pigs fed RAC exhibited improvement in feed efficiency (P < .01), ADG (P < .01), and number of days to slaughter (P < .01). Pigs fed RAC had 1.8 mm less fat (P < .05) and 3.4 mm more lean (P < .01) at the grading probe site. Gilts had 4.9 mm less fat than barrows at the probe site (P < .01) and also yielded an estimated 4.1% more lean (P < .01). Trimmed loins and bellies of animals fed 20 ppm of RAC were 230 g heavier (P < .05) than those of animals fed the control diet. Trimmed loins from gilts were 260 g heavier (P < .05), whereas barrows produced bellies that were 490 g heavier (P < .05) than those of gilts. The yield of processed ham was greater from both pigs fed RAC (P < .01) and barrows (P < .05). Loins of pigs fed RAC had lower cooking loss (P < .05), greater Warner-Bratzler shear value (P < .05), and higher fragmentation index value (P < .01). Although effects of sex were similar to or greater than the effects of 20 ppm of RAC, these effects were additive.
128头体重64千克的杂交公猪和母猪被饲喂一种含有17.5%或19.6%粗蛋白的玉米-豆粕颗粒饲料,其中分别添加0或20 ppm的莱克多巴胺(RAC)。猪体重达100千克时屠宰,评估胴体品质。日粮蛋白质水平产生的显著影响较少;因此,将数据合并进行分析。饲喂RAC的猪饲料效率提高(P < 0.01)、平均日增重(P < 0.01)和屠宰天数减少(P < 0.01)。在分级探测部位,饲喂RAC的猪脂肪厚度减少1.8毫米(P < 0.05),瘦肉厚度增加3.4毫米(P < 0.01)。在探测部位,小母猪的脂肪比公猪少4.9毫米(P < 0.01),瘦肉产量估计也高4.1%(P < 0.01)。饲喂20 ppm RAC的猪的修整后腰肉和腹部比饲喂对照日粮的猪重230克(P < 0.05)。小母猪的修整后腰肉重260克(P < 0.05),而公猪的腹部比小母猪重490克(P < 0.05)。饲喂RAC的猪和公猪加工火腿的产量都更高(分别为P < 0.01和P < 0.05)。饲喂RAC的猪的腰肉烹饪损失较低(P < 0.05),华纳-布拉茨勒剪切值较高(P < 0.05),破碎指数值较高(P < 0.01)。虽然性别效应与20 ppm RAC的效应相似或更大,但这些效应是相加的。