Digestible tryptophan levels in diets for pigs weighing 15 to 30 kg

In order to evaluate the effects of increasing dietary tryptophan levels on performance and carcass characteristics of growing pigs, a total of 60 crossbred castrated male pigs, with average initial and final body weights of 15.50 ± 1.15 and 30.60 ± 1.35 kg were used. Pigs were allotted in a complet...

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Main Authors: Lourdes Romão Apolônio, Juarez Lopes Donzele, Rita Flávia Miranda de Oliveira, Alysson Saraiva, Francisco Carlos de Oliveira Silva, Aloízio Soares Ferreira, Anderson Lazarini Lima, João Luís Kill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2011-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982011000800012