Page 10 of articles about amino acids

7.4 g threonine per kg covers the requirement of piglets for rapid growth and maximal N retention as well as for supporting gut barrier function.

Autoclaving but not oven drying reduces the concentration and digestibility of AA in soybean meal.

Different feeding programs might be needed for barrows and gilts to optimize the production of high quality dry-cured hams.

Increasing dietary lysine and energy levels improves growth performance and apparent total tract digestibility of nutrients.

Glutamine supplementation may be useful in reducing the severity of weaning-related gastrointestinal infections.

DDGS may be used in feeds for finishing pig as a replacement of corn and soybean meal without affecting their carcass characteristics and meat quality.

Higher lysine levels than those recommended by the NRC improve reproductive performance for multiparous gestating sows.

Tryptophan supplementation does not reduce aggression in sows at mixing, but increases litter size at farrowing.