Application of growth technologies in enhancing food security and sustainability

Bradley J. Johnson; Flavio R.B. Ribeiro; Jonathon L. Beckett

doi:10.2527/af.2013-0018

Application of growth technologies in enhancing food security and sustainability

Bradley J. Johnson, Flavio R.B. Ribeiro, Jonathon L. Beckett

Animal and Food Sciences

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Abstract

• For more than 50 years, beef cattle producers have safely used growth promotants to enhance muscle leanness, increase average daily gain, stimulate feed intake moderately, and subsequently enhance the rate of body weight gain compared to the amount of food needed to achieve that gain, referred to as feed efficiency. • Growth-enhancing compounds, including steroidal implants and b-adrenergic agonists, increase production and improve feed efficiency of beef cattle. • The changes in performance result in an economic benefit to beef cattle producers and impact the relative price competitiveness of beef as compared to other dietary protein sources.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-13
Number of pages	6
Journal	Animal Frontiers
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2527/af.2013-0018
State	Published - Jul 1 2013

Keywords

Beef cattle
Beta agonist
Growth promotants
Implants

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