Growth performance of 20- to 50-kilogram pigs fed low-crude-protein diets supplemented with histidine, cystine, glycine, glutamic acid, or arginine

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3643-3650

  Powell, S ^a   Bidner, T D ^a   Payne, R L ^b   Southern, L L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Evonik Degussa Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Low crude protein; Pig; Plasma urea nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE;

GLYCINE MAX; SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80054757018     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3757     Document Type: Article

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