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Partitioning of limiting protein and energy in the growing pig: description of the problem, possible rules and their qualitative evaluation.
The British journal of nutrition - 1 Feb 2005
Sandberg Fredrik B, Emmans Gerry C, Kyriazakis Ilias
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A core part of any animal growth model is how it predicts the partitioning of dietary protein and energy to protein and lipid retention for different genotypes at different degrees of maturity. Rules of partitioning need to be combined with protein and energy systems to make predictions. The animal needs describing in relation to its genotype, live weight and, possibly, body composition. Some existing...
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