Lysine Supplementation of Sorghum Grain-Cotton-Seed Meal Rations for Growing-Fattening Pigs
- 1 November 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 20 (4), 734-736
- https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1961.204734x
Abstract
Lysine has been shown to increase gain and feed efficiency when added to a ration of sorghum grain and cottonseed meal for growing-fattening pigs. Supplementing the rations with lysine increased feed consumption. Supplementation with 0.3% lysine markedly increased growth and improved feed efficiency in both experiments. Amounts of lysine above 0.3% gave only small increments of growth rate.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Evaluation of Protein Quality in Cottonseed Meals by Chick Growth and by a Chemical Index MethodJournal of Nutrition, 1953
- QUANTITATIVE L-LYSINE REQUIREMENT OF THE WEANLING PIG1951
- The Lysine Requirement for the Growth of SwineJournal of Nutrition, 1950
- The Amino Acid Requirements of Swine, LysineJournal of Animal Science, 1949
- Availability of Amino Acids in Some FoodsJournal of Nutrition, 1948