Over the years, the handling of goats (loading, transport, unloading, time spent in lairage)
prior to slaughter as well as the slaughter process (stunning, and bleeding) has largely …

This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of feed withdrawal and handling intensity on
blood acid-base responses and muscle glycolytic potential in slaughter-weight pigs. Sixty …

A comparative species investigation of the relative pharmacologic effects of sulfur amino
acids was conducted using young chicks, rats, and pigs. Ingestion of excess Met, Cys, or …

ABSTRACT Two experiments (384 pigs; C22× L326; PIC) were conducted to determine the
interactive effect of dietary L-carnitine and ractopamine HCl (RAC) on the metabolic …

A total of 1104 barrows and gilts (PIC 337× 1050, Pig Improvement Company,
Hendersonville, TN), weighing 36±1 kg were used in a 109-d study to evaluate effects of …

Materials and methods Records were obtained from a company database of shipments of
market hogs from 11/30/02 to 2/4/05. The data included 7,396 loads (total 1,303,148 hogs) …

The effects of dietary energy source and feed withdrawal on muscle glycolytic potential (GP)
and blood acid-base responses to handling were investigated in slaughter-weight pigs …

Although many of the examples in this chapter have come from research conducted with the
chicken, the authors' experimental animal, the implications are relevant to all forms of …

BACKGROUND Neither photodynamic therapy (PDT) nor sterile water has not been well
studied for the treatment of adipose tissue. OBJECTIVE This investigation studied 2 different …

This study examined the influence of adding different amounts of maternal dietary l‐carnitine
and two fat types on fatty acid (FA) composition and the expression of lipid metabolism …