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Partitioning of limiting protein and energy in the growing pig: testing quantitative rules against experimental data.
The British journal of nutrition - 1 Feb 2005
Sandberg Fredrik B, Emmans Gerry C, Kyriazakis Ilias
Abstract excerpt
Literature solutions to the problem of protein and energy partitioning in the growing pig are quantitatively examined. Possible effects of live weight, genotype and food composition on the marginal response in protein retention to protein and energy intakes, on protein and energy-limiting foods are quantified. No evidence was found that the marginal response in protein retention to ideal protein supply, when...
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