The tryptophan requirement of nursery pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2646-2655

  Guzik, A C ^a   Southern, L L ^a   Bidner, T D ^a   Kerr, B J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pigs; Requirements; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

PISUM SATIVUM; SUS SCROFA;

AMINO ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; TRYPTOPHAN; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036781983     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ansci/80.10.2646     Document Type: Article

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