HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Ractopamine is known to increase the rate of weight gain, improve feed efficiency, and increase carcass leanness in finishing swine. Its use in finishing swine yields about 3 kg (6.6 lb) of additional lean pork per animal, and improves feed efficiency by 10%.

Detailed explanation-2: -The pig as a source of medicine Insulin: The pig pancreas is an organ from which insulin is obtained, an essential hormone for diabetics. ACTH: ACTH, a hormone used in human medicine for the treatment of arthritis and inflammatory diseases, can be obtained from the pig’s pituitary gland.