Revue de médecine vétérinaire (REV MED VET-TOULOUSE)

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• Article: Partial sequence of the ORF1b gene fragment of equine arteritis viruses detected in Turkey and phylogenic analysis.

  V.S.ATASEVEN, OGUZOGLU T.C, KARAPINAR Z, BILGE-DAGALP
  Revue de médecine vétérinaire 01/2013;
• Article: Growth and blood biochemical effects of dietary supplementation with ractopamine, a β-adrenergic agonist, in female broilerchickens

  F. KHEIRI, J. NASR
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  ABSTRACT: The present experiment was carried out to investigate the effects of dietary added ractopamine, a β-adrenergic receptor agonist, as growth promoter on female broiler chickens. A total of 180 female broiler chickens, 3 week old, were randomly divided in 5 replicates for each dietary treatment corresponding to 0, 5 and 10 mg/kg of ractopamine added to the basal growing diet for 3 weeks. Body weight gain, food intake and food efficiency were not signifi-cantly modified with ractopamine addition. By contrast, serum cholesterol, triglyceride, uric acid, BUN (Blood Urea Nitrogen) and albumin concentra-tions were significantly depressed while glycaemia was increased in birds treated with ractopamine, especially at 10 mg/kg. These results highly suggest that the β-adrenergic receptor agonist promotes glucose and lipid mobilisation but spares protein utilisation in female broiler chickens.
  Revue de médecine vétérinaire 07/2012; Revue Méd. Vét.(8-9,-163,):411-414.