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The amino acid supplementation of diets rich in maize meal for weanling pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. E. Evans
R. E. Evans
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, University of Cambridge
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A comparison is made between a maize-rich diet containing 7% white-fish meal and a similar diet in which the protein supplement consisted of 6% ex. soya bean meal together with 0.3% L-lysine hydrochloride and 0.2% DL-methionine. The vegetable protein diet plus the amino acids proved in every way equal to the fish meal diet.

When the essential amino acids in the diet of weanling pigs are properly balanced as little as 10% digestible crude protein will support maximum growth.

The results obtained when 6% ex. dec. groundnut meal was used as a protein-rich supplement were not so favourable.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , April 1962 , pp. 209 - 218
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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