Optimal Threonine:Lysine Ratio for Growing Pigs of Different Sexes

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1731-1737

  Chang, W H ^a   Lee, J H ^a   Heo, K N ^a,b   Paik, I K ^a,c   Han, In K ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amino Acid Digestibility; BUN; Growing Pig; Growth Performance; Sexes; Threonine:Lysine Ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034365364     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.1731     Document Type: Article

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