• Evaluation of Three Genetic Populations of Pigs for Response to Increasing Levels of Paylean - 2001
• Impact and Use of PAYLEAN in Market Pigs
• Lysine Requirements While Feeding Paylean - 2000 Swine Day Presentation
• Optimal Paylean Sequence (Step-Up/Step-Down) When Fed to Late-Finishing Swine
• Ractopamine, Response, Economics, and Issues - Powerpoint Presentation

Purdue Swine Research Reports

2003 Swine Research Reports
• Effect of increased average daily gain after removal of pigs on the optimal management of ractopamine (also in html)
• The effect of rearing environment on two ractopamine use programs (also in html)
• Evaluation of the effects of dietary fat, conjugated linoleic acid, and ractopamine on the fatty acid profiles of fat and muscle tissue of lean gilts (also in html)
• Evaluation of the magnitude of ractopamine treatment biases when fat-free lean mass is predicted by commonly used equations (also in html)
• Using a stochastic model to evaluate swine production management with Paylean I: Model development and optimal management strategies (also in html)
• Using a stochastic model to evaluate swine production management with Paylean II: Investigating optimal Paylean onset time (also in html)
• Using a stochastic model to evaluate swine production management with Paylean III: Fixed schedule environment (also in html)
• Using a stochastic model to evaluate swine production management with Paylean IV: Return of accurate sorting for marketing (also in html)
• Using a stochastic model to evaluate swine production management with Paylean V: Split-weight management (also in html)

2002 Swine Research Reports
• Development of a model to predict the growth of pigs when increasing dietary levels of Paylean are fed (also in html)
• Economic evaluation of ractopamine step-up programs using a biological growth model (also in html)
• Effects of ractopamine and carnitine in diets containing 5% fat for finishing pigs (also in html)
• The effects of ractopamine on behavior and physiology of finishing pigs (also in html)
• Evaluation of four ractopamine use programs on pig growth and carcass characteristics (also in html)
• Profitable use of ractopamine in hog production - economic evaluation using a pig growth model (also in html)
• Ractopamine treatment biases in the prediction of fat-free lean mass (also in html)
• Use of a stochastic model to evaluate alternate marketing strategies (also in html)

2001 Swine Research Reports
• Development of models to describe the weekly response of ractopamine, when constant or variable dietary levels of Paylean are fed (also in html)
• The effect of Paylean and dietary crude protein level on odor production and nutrient concentration in anaerobically stored pig manure (also in html)
• Effects of ractopamine and level of dietary crude protein on nitrogen and phosphorus excretion from finishing pigs (also in html)
• Evaluation of the effects of dietary fat, conjugated linoleic acid, and ractopamine on growth performance and carcass quality in genetically lean gilts (also in html)
• Evaluation of an updated model to describe the compositional growth of pigs fed Paylean (also in html)
• Initial evaluation of a model to optimized digestible lysine levels when ractopamine is fed (also in html)
• Modeling the response to Paylean and dietary lysine requirements (also in html)
• Models to predict the response of pigs to increasing levels of ractopamine (also in html)
• Optimal Paylean sequence (step-up/step-down) when fed to late-finishing swine (also in html)

2000 Swine Day Reports
• Effect of nutritional level while feeding Paylean to late-finishing swine (also in html)
• Initial evaluation of a model to describe the compositional growth of pigs fed paylean (also in html)
• Modeling the response to Paylean and dietary lysine requirements (also in html)

Purdue Extension Publications

• AS-551-W Environmental Benefits of Paylean in Finisher Swine - An Example Based on Adoption in the United States