Article
Effects of the interrelationship between genotype, sex, and dietary lysine on growth performance and carcass composition in finishing pigs fed to either 104 or 127 kilograms.
Journal of animal science - 1 Apr 1994
Friesen K G, Nelssen J L, Unruh J A, Goodband R D, Tokach M D
Abstract excerpt
One hundred twenty pigs (initially 44 kg BW) were used to determine effects of the interrelationship between genotype, sex, and dietary lysine on growth performance and carcass composition in a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial arrangement. Genetic comparisons were made between pigs characterized with either a...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Composition
- Eating
- Female
- Genotype
- Heart
- Kidney
- Lipid Metabolism
- Liver
- Lysine
- Male
- Meat
- Organ Size
- Proteins
- Sex Characteristics
- Swine
- Weight Gain
