Ractopamine HCl improved cardiac hypertrophy but not poor growth, metabolic inefficiency, or greater white blood cells associated with heat stress in concentrate-fed lambs

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• Body composition estimated by bioelectrical impedance analyses is diminished by prenatal stress in neonatal lambs and by heat stress in feedlot wethers
  gan: Gibbs, Rachel L, et al.
  Cyhoeddwyd: (2019)
• Hypertrophic muscle growth and metabolic efficiency were impaired by chronic heat stress, improved by zilpaterol supplementation, and not affected by ractopamine supplementation in feedlot lambs(1)
  gan: Barnes, Taylor L, et al.
  Cyhoeddwyd: (2019)
• Heat stress effects in lambs fed ractopamine
  Cyhoeddwyd: (2020)
• Heat stress-induced deficits in growth, metabolic efficiency, and cardiovascular function coincided with chronic systemic inflammation and hypercatecholaminemia in ractopamine-supplemented feedlot lambs
  gan: Swanson, Rebecca M, et al.
  Cyhoeddwyd: (2020)
• Deficits in growth, muscle mass, and body composition following placental insufficiency-induced intrauterine growth restriction persisted in lambs at 60 d of age but were improved by daily clenbuterol supplementation
  gan: Gibbs, Rachel L, et al.
  Cyhoeddwyd: (2020)