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The use of growth hormone and beta agonists to improve animal production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

J.F. Roche  and
W.J. Enright
J.F. Roche
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry and Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 and The Agriculture and Food Development Authority, TEAGASC, Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath
W.J. Enright
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry and Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 and The Agriculture and Food Development Authority, TEAGASC, Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath
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The factors that affect output in animal production systems are growth rate, feed conversion efficiency (FCE), carcass conformation, muscle and fat content, and kill out percentage. These factors are affected by genetic potential, provision of optimal nutrition and environmental conditions to disease free animals. In addition, certain exogenous chemicals are known to affect animal performance, and these can be classified as follows:

  • i)use of chemical messengers which bind to specific receptors in target tissue

  • ii)use of anti-microbial compounds which alter the microflora in the gastro-intestinal tract and thereby improve performance.

This paper will deal specifically with the use of beta adrenergic agonists and growth hormone (GH) which are currently being researched.

Type
Growth Enhancers and their Use in Practice
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1989 , March 1989 , pp. 51
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1989

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