Effect of Dexamethasone injection at birth on growth performance of pigs from birth to weaning

dc.citation.epage22en_US
dc.citation.spage20en_US
dc.contributor.authorYoung, M.G.
dc.contributor.authorTokach, Michael D.
dc.contributor.authorGoodband, Robert D.
dc.contributor.authorNelssen, Jim L.
dc.contributor.authorDritz, Steven S.
dc.contributor.authoreidmayoungen_US
dc.contributor.authoreidmtokachen_US
dc.contributor.authoreiddritzen_US
dc.contributor.authoreidgoodbanden_US
dc.contributor.authoreidjnelssenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-08T18:09:52Z
dc.date.available2010-02-08T18:09:52Z
dc.date.issued2010-02-08T18:09:52Z
dc.date.published2002en_US
dc.description.abstractA total of 82 litters were used in a 21-day study to evaluate the effect of injecting litters of pigs with dexamethasone within 24 hours of birth on growth rate from birth to weaning. Experimental treatments consisted of an injection of 1 mg dexamethasone solution (2mg/mL, Prolab Ltd, St. Joseph, MO) to all pigs within a litter, while pigs in control litters did not receive a dexamethasone injection. There was no difference in growth rate from birth to weaning between pigs injected with dexamethasone and control pigs. Number of pigs weaned per litter and preweaning mortality were not different. In this study no benefit was observed in growth rate from birth to weaning from injecting whole litters of pigs with 1 mg/pig of dexamethasone within 24 hours of birth.en_US
dc.description.conferenceSwine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 14, 2002en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2097/2476
dc.publisherKansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Serviceen_US
dc.relation.isPartOfSwine day, 2002en_US
dc.relation.isPartOfKansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 03-120-Sen_US
dc.relation.isPartOfReport of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 897en_US
dc.subjectDexamethasoneen_US
dc.subjectPigsen_US
dc.subjectGrowth rateen_US
dc.subjectSwineen_US
dc.titleEffect of Dexamethasone injection at birth on growth performance of pigs from birth to weaningen_US
dc.typeConference paperen_US

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