Control on the Illegal Use of Clenbuterol in Pigs In Hong Kong
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The SafePork conference series began in 1996 to bring together international researchers, industry, and government agencies to discuss current Salmonella research and identify research needs pertaining to both pig and pork production. In subsequent years topics of research presented at these conferences expanded to include other chemical and biological hazards to pig and pork production.
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Clenbuterol is a beta-agonist normally used for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in horses (Adams 1984) and management of parturition in cattle and sheep (Sasse 1987). However, it also has leanness-enhancing effects when included in the feed of several livestock species, including swine (Ricks et al., 1984: Anderson et al., 1990; Mersmann, 1998). Studies on improved growth promotion associated with beta-agonist in feed first appeared in the literature in the early 1980s (Baker and Kiernan 1983, Baker et al. 1984) Significant improvements in food conversion ratio were found in a large range of livestock species, including cattle (Allen et al. 1997), sheep (Hanrahan et al. 1987), pigs (Jones et al. 1985) and poultry (Dalrymple and Ingle 1987).