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High Level Cereal Diets for the Growing/Finishing Pig: VII. The Performance Of Weaned Pigs Grown To Cutter Weight (160 lb live weight) on Iso-Nitrogenous-Maize Based Diets Containing Different Levels of Lysine and Tryptophan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

T. L. J. Lawrence
T. L. J. Lawrence
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Veterinary Field Station, Neston, Wirral, Cheshire, £64 7TE
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Summary

In a randomized block 3x2 factorial experiment 72 Large White type weaner pigs were individually and restrictedly fed, from 501b (22–7 kg) to approximately 1601b (72–7 kg) live weight, iso-nitrogenous (16% crude protein) maize-based diets (as wet mashes with 2:1 ratios of water to dry food) containing 0–15%, 0–22% or 0–29% tryptophan and either 0–85% or 0–97% lysine. Overall, for the period in its entirety and in the period from the start to 110 lb (50–0 kg) live weight, the diets containing 0–22% and 0–29% tryptophan gave a similar performance. Together they gave a significantly superior performance compared with that obtained from the diets containing 0–15 % tryptophan. Pigs fed the diets containing 0–85 % lysine converted their food better and grew faster than pigs fed the diets containing 0–97 % lysine. These differences were significant (P <0–05) for both parameters in the period from 110 lb (50–0 kg) live weight to the finish of the experiment at 1601b (72–5 kg) live weight and significant (P <0–05) for efficiency of food conversion in the overall experimental period.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 79 , Issue 1 , August 1972 , pp. 161 - 164
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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