Dietary zilpaterol hydrochloride. I. Feedlot performance and carcass traits of steers and heifers

被引：89

作者：

Montgomery, J. L. ^{[1
]}

Krehbiel, C. R. ^{[2
]}

Cranston, J. J. ^{[2
]}

Yates, D. A. ^{[1
]}

Hutcheson, J. P. ^{[1
]}

Nichols, W. T. ^{[1
]}

Streeter, M. N. ^{[1
]}

Bechtol, D. T.

Johnson, E. ^{[3
]}

TerHune, T. ^{[4
]}

Montgomery, T. H. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Intervet Inc, Millsboro, DE 19966 USA

[2] Oklahoma State Univ, Dept Anim Sci, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA

[3] Johnson Res, Parma, ID 83660 USA

[4] HMS Vet Dev Inc, Tulare, CA 93274 USA

[5] W Texas A&M Univ, Div Agr, Canyon, TX 79016 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE | 2009年 / 87卷 / 04期

关键词：

beef cattle; beta-adrenergic agonist; carcass characteristic; finishing performance; zilpaterol; BETA-ADRENOCEPTOR; FRIESIAN STEERS; ADIPOSE-TISSUE; AGONIST CLENBUTEROL; GROWTH; MUSCLE; CIMATEROL; EFFICIENCY; PROTEIN;

D O I：

10.2527/jas.2008-1162

中图分类号：

S8 [畜牧、动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];

学科分类号：

0905 ;

摘要：

Experiments were conducted at 3 US locations (CA, ID, and TX) to determine the effects of dietary zilpaterol hydrochloride (Zilmax, Intervet Inc., Millsboro, DE) and duration of zilpaterol feeding on performance and carcass merit of finishing steers and heifers. At each site, 160 steers and 160 heifers were stratified within sex by initial BW (study d - 1) and assigned randomly within BW strata to 1 of 4 treatments in a randomized complete block design (4 blocks/treatment for each sex). The 4 treatments were arranged in a 2 (no zilpaterol vs. zilpaterol) x 2 (20 or 40 d duration of zilpaterol feeding) factorial arrangement of treatments. When included in the diet, zilpaterol was supplemented at 8.3 mg/kg of DM. Each pen consisted of 10 animals. Each animal was individually weighed unshrunk on d 1, 21 or 41, and 66 of the experiment. Following d 66, cattle were slaughtered and carcass data collected. Feeding zilpaterol increased (P < 0.01) final BW of steers and heifers by 11.6 and 6.7 kg, respectively. In addition, feeding zilpaterol hydrochloride increased (P = 0.001) ADG 36 and 18%, and increased (P < 0.001) G: F 28 and 21% for steers and heifers, respectively. For heifers, DMI was decreased (P < 0.001) 6.2% when zilpaterol was fed, whereas in steers DMI tended (P = 0.09) to be decreased 2%. For steers and heifers, feeding zilpaterol increased (P < 0.001) HCW 16.4 and 12.1 kg, dressing percentage 1.5 percentage units for each sex, and LM area 8.23 and 6.37 cm(2), respectively. Twelfth-rib fat (P >= 0.12) and KPH (P >= 0.70) were not affected by feeding zilpaterol to steers or heifers. Feeding zilpaterol decreased (i.e., improved; P = 0.02) calculated yield grade of steer and heifer carcasses. Marbling score (P = 0.002) and quality grade (P = 0.002) were decreased when zilpaterol hydrochloride was fed to steers, and the decrease in marbling score and quality grade tended to be greater when zilpaterol was fed for 40 compared with 20 d (zilpaterol x duration interaction, P = 0.07). For heifers, marbling score tended (P = 0.07) to be decreased and quality grade was decreased (P = 0.05) when zilpaterol hydrochloride was fed. In general, it appears from these data that zilpaterol hydrochloride fed for 20 to 40 d at the end of the finishing period enhances growth performance and carcass muscle deposition for steers and heifers.

引用

页码：1374 / 1383

页数：10

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