Entire male and female pigs have different available lysine: energy requirements from 20 to 50 kgs liveweight
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2009
Conference Title
Twelfth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association
Place of Publication
Cairns
ISBN
978-0-9806880-0-9
ISSN
1324 9177
Keywords
pigs, swine
Disciplines
Animal Sciences | Meat Science
Abstract
Through genetic selection pigs now deposit relatively more protein and less fat than they did twenty years ago, primarily because of the pressure from consumers to reduce the amount of subcutaneous fat on pork products. As a consequence, the requirement for amino acids relative to energy has slowly increased over this time. It has been several years since experiments to determine the requirement for amino acids relative to energy have been conducted on Australian pig genotypes. The hypothesis of this experiment was that grower pigs will respond to increasing levels of available lysine (Av Lys) per MJ digestible energy (DE) by having an increased growth rate and improved feed conversion ratio, until a plateau is reached at their genetic potential.
Recommended Citation
Moore, K L,
Campbell, R G,
Nicholls, R R,
and
Mullan, B P.
(2009), Entire male and female pigs have different available lysine: energy requirements from 20 to 50 kgs liveweight, Twelfth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association, Cairns, pp.76-76.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/conf_papers/136
