Effect of nutrient intake in lactation on sow performance: Determining the threonine requirement of the high-producing lactating sow

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2378-2387

  Cooper, D R ^a,b   Patience, J F ^a,d   Zijlstra, R T ^a   Rademacher, M ^c  

^a PRAIRIE SWINE CENTRE INC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lactation; Lysine; Sows; Threonine

Indexed keywords

LYSINE; THREONINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SUCKLING; SWINE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; LYSINE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; THREONINE;

EID: 0035462976     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.7992378x     Document Type: Article

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