The response of weaned piglets to dietary valine and leucine

Valine (Val) is considered to be the fifth-limiting amino acid in a maize–soyabean meal diet for pigs. Excess leucine (Leu) levels often occur in commercial diets, which may attenuate the effect of Val deficiency because of an increased oxidation of Val. The objective of the present experiment was t...

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Main Authors: F. Meyer, C. Jansen van Rensburg, R.M. Gous
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Animal
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Acceso en liña:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731116002834