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Tryptophan requirements of 5- to 15-Kg pigs with semipractical pig starters

Zimmerman, D.R.

Tryptophan requirements of 5- to 15-Kg pigs with semipractical pig starters - Illinois (United States of America) : American Society of Animal Science, 1975.

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Two 28-day trials, each using 35 baby pigs initially weighing about 5 kg and 3 weeks of age were used to determine responses in pig weight gain, feed:gain, plasma-free tryptophan and plasma urea nitrogen to graded levels of dietary tryptophan. In experiment 1 the tryptophan requirement was estimated to be about .15% of the diet in an 18.8% crude protein diet containing .103% tryptophan from feedstuffs and additions from synthetic L-tryptophan. In experiment 2 the estimated requirement also was .15% in a basal diet similar to that of experiment 1, with tryptophan additions from a delactosed whey product. Chemically determined tryptophan in delactosed whey was completely available by bioassay.


Text in English

1525-3163 (Online)

https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1975.405875x


Nutrition
Swine
Crude protein
Tryptophan
Whey protein
Bio-assays
In vivo experimentation

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