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Metabolic utilization of energy and maintenance requirements in growing pigs: effects of sex and genotype.
Journal of animal science - 1 May 1999
Noblet J, Karege C, Dubois S, van Milgen J
Abstract excerpt
An experiment was conducted in which the metabolic utilization of energy was measured in individually penned pigs from seven groups that differed in genotype and(or) sex and ranged in body weight between 20 and 107 kg. The animals were fed a diet containing, on a DM basis, 14.7 MJ ME and at least 21% CP. Heat production was measured in an open-circuit calorimeter, and energy, nitrogen, and fat balances were...
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