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Temporal Response Of Rabbits To B-Adrenergic Agonist Feeding: Tissue Weight, Calpain And Calpastatin Activities, And Nucleic Acid And Protein Concentration, T. D. Pringle, Steven M. Lonergan, C. R. Calkins, S. J. Jones, P. S. Miller, M. Koohmaraie
Temporal Response Of Rabbits To B-Adrenergic Agonist Feeding: Tissue Weight, Calpain And Calpastatin Activities, And Nucleic Acid And Protein Concentration, T. D. Pringle, Steven M. Lonergan, C. R. Calkins, S. J. Jones, P. S. Miller, M. Koohmaraie
Steven M. Lonergan
Forty-eight crossbred rabbits were used in three replications of a 2 x 4 factorial arrangement to investigate the short-term responses of tissue accretion, calpains and calpastatin activity, and nucleic acid and protein concentrations to 6- adrenergic agonist (BAA) feeding. Rabbits were fed a 17% CP diet with or without 7 ppm of L644,969 and slaughtered after 1, 4, 8, or 16 d of treatment. Empty body dressing percentage and biceps femoris weight (as a percentage of empty body weight [EBWI) were significantly higher in the treated rabbits than in the controls after 16 d of treatment. Heart and liver weights …