A method for improving quality of meat by supplementing pig diets and concentrates used therefor
CA 2479076 A1 · Owner: Nelssen, Jim L. · Inventors: Owen, Kevin Q.; James, Brad W.; Nelssen, Jim L.
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The present invention relates to a method of feeding finishing pigs a swine diet which enhances the quality of the meat produced including its drip loss color, marbling and firmness and thus carcass characteristics. The swine diet includes L-carnitine or salts thereof and ractopamine or salts thereof The amount of the additives present in the diet is such that the quality of the resulting pork and thus carcass characteristics are improved.
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- Filed March 13, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 13, 2023.
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