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Effects of low protein diets on pigs with a lean genotype. 1. Carcass composition measured by dissection and muscle fatty acid composition.
Meat science - 1 Sept 2013
Wood J D, Lambe N R, Walling G A, Whitney H, Jagger S, Fullarton P J, Bayntun J, Hallett K, Bünger L
Abstract excerpt
Pigs with a lean genotype were fed diets differing in protein and amino acid contents between 40 and 115 kg live weight. A high protein control regime (C) was compared with one supplying 11% less total protein but the same essential amino acid levels (LP1) and one supplying 16% less protein but lower amino acid levels (LP2). Regime LP2 produced fatter pigs in terms of subcutaneous, intermuscular and intramuscular...
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