Effects of dietary lysine on muscle gene expression and fatty acid profiles and on selected carcass characteristics and plasma hormone concentrations in late-stage finishing pigs

<p>Dietary inclusion of sufficient lysine is very critical for optimizing pigs growth performance. The objectives of this project were to study the effects of dietary lysine at different concentrations on (1) the growth performance and carcass characteristics, (2) the muscle gene expression pr...

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Main Author: Wang, Taiji
Other Authors: Shengfa F. Liao
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: MSSTATE 2016
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Online Access:http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-06212016-105454/