Effects of exogenous porcine somatotropin (pST) administration on growth performance, carcass traits, and pork meat quality of Meishan, Pietrain, and crossbred gilts.

doi:10.2527/1991.6993511x

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Effects of exogenous porcine somatotropin (pST) administration on growth performance, carcass traits, and pork meat quality of Meishan, Pietrain, and crossbred gilts.

Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 1991

Bidanel J P, Bonneau M, Pointillart A, Gruand J, Mourot J, Demade I

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Seventeen to twenty-three females of lean (Pietrain, PI), fat (Meishan, MS), or intermediate genotype (PI x [3/4 Large White x 1/4 MS]), referred to as crossbred (CR), were injected between 60 and 100 kg live weight with 6 mg/d of porcine somatotropin (pST) and compared to similar numbers of cont...

Topics

Adipose Tissue
Animals
Body Composition
Bone Development
Breeding
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genotype
Growth Hormone
Meat
Muscle Development
Muscles
Random Allocation
Swine
Weight Gain

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PMID: 1938638
DOI: 10.2527/1991.6993511x

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