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The effect of supplementing zilpaterol hydrochloride on feeding performance and carcass characteristics of steers sorted by leptin genotype.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jan 2014
McEvers T J, Walter L J, Defoor P J, Swingle R S, Hutcheson J P, Lawrence T E
Abstract excerpt
The focus of this investigation was to identify interactions that may exist among alleles of the leptin gene and supplementation of zilpaterol hydrochloride (ZH). Steers (n = 4,246; initial BW = 389.8 ± 8.8 kg) were genotyped and sorted into 1 of 3 leptin genotype (LG) groups (homozygous normal [CC], heterozygous [CT], or homozygous mutant ) from a candidate pool of 7,506 steers. Steers were allocated into 48...
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