Optimal dietary standardized ileal digestible lysine level for pigs during the grower, early and late finisher periods

Abstract Background Lysine (Lys) is the first limiting amino acid for pigs fed corn-soybean meal diets. Three experiments were conducted to estimate the optimal standardized ileal digestible (SID) Lys requirement for growing (Exp. 1), early finishing (Exp. 2), and late finishing (Exp. 3) pigs under...

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Main Authors: Wenxin Song, Zijuan Wu, Wenli Li, Yali Li, Huansheng Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-022-03557-1