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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
2014; Beef; Feed additives; Growth promotants; Meat quality; Color; Shelf life; Altech PN Beef Program
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Comparison Of Conventional And Alltech Beef Pn Finishing Programs: Meat Color Characteristics (2014), Kelsey Phelps, K. A. Miller, Cadra L. Van Bibber-Krueger, J. Jennings, James S. Drouillard, John M. Gonzalez, Brandon E. Depenbusch
Comparison Of Conventional And Alltech Beef Pn Finishing Programs: Meat Color Characteristics (2014), Kelsey Phelps, K. A. Miller, Cadra L. Van Bibber-Krueger, J. Jennings, James S. Drouillard, John M. Gonzalez, Brandon E. Depenbusch
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
To maximize efficiency and profit when producing beef, American producers currently employ a multitude of production programs that use feed additives such as Rumensin or Tylan (Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN) and growth promotants such as implants and Optaflexx (Elanco Animal Health). Rumensin and Tylan fed in combination can improve average daily gain and feed efficiency, and utilizing growth promotants enhances feed efficiency, average daily gain, hot carcass weight, and yield grades of carcasses. Although these products improve production efficiency, they can affect meat quality characteristics such as retail shelf life, necessitating better understanding of how management decisions in the …