The effect of breed on the relationship between feed composition and the efficiency of protein utilization in pigs.

doi:10.1079/bjn19940191

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The effect of breed on the relationship between feed composition and the efficiency of protein utilization in pigs.

The British journal of nutrition - 1 Jun 1994

Kyriazakis I, Dotas D, Emmans G C

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The objective of the present experiment was to test whether the relationship between feed composition and the efficiency of protein utilization in pigs was different between two very different breeds. Forty-eight entire male pigs, half Large White x Landrace (LW x) and half Chinese Meishan (CM),...

Topics

Amino Acids
Animal Feed
Animals
Diet
Dietary Proteins
Energy Intake
Genotype
Lipid Metabolism
Male
Species Specificity
Swine

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