Essential and Nonessential Amino Acid Composition of Pigs from Birth to 145 Kilograms of Body Weight, and Comparison to Other Studies

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 513-521

  Mahan, D C ^a,b   Shields Jr , R G ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Heinz Pet Products   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino Acids; Development; Growth; Lysine; Pigs

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; MALE; NEWBORN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWINE;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; HAIR; MALE; PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE;

EID: 0031989256     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.762513x     Document Type: Article

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