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Growth responses and serum enzyme activities in growing pigs resultant from supplementing diets based on aged barley with synthetic δ-α-tocopherol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

T. L. J. Lawrence  and
J. W. Boyd
T. L. J. Lawrence
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry
J. W. Boyd
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, University of Liverpool Veterinary Field Station, Neston, Wirral, Merseyside, L64 7TE
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Summary

In group and individual feeding experiments of 98 days duration, a total of 96 Large White x Landrace 9-week-old pigs were fed diets (containing 0–09 mg selenium/kg) based on 85% of barley (containing 3 mg δ-α-tocopherol/kg), which had been stored aerobically for 1 year, with 0 (basal), 10, 20, 40, 80 or 160 mg/kg of synthetic δ-α-tocopherol added. In both experiments the tocopherol supplementation significantly improved growth rates over those obtained from the basal diet. Serum creatine phosphokinase and aspartate aminotransferase activities were not significantly affected.

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Short Note
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 233 - 235
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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