Page 8 of articles about amino-acids

Effect of susceptibility to ETEC and of dietary Trp on gut microbiota diversity observed in healthy young pigs

An Italian study investigated the intestinal bacterial diversity of healthy pigs with different susceptibility to ETEC and fed different Trp levels.

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Camelina cake: a suitable energy source for swine

Camelina cake may be an alternative energy source for swine diets but with low digestibility of AA and CP.

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Hydrolyzed feather meal with blood as amino acid source for growing pigs

Hydrolyzed feather meal is a good AA source for growing pigs but, has to supplemented with Lys and Trp to alleviate their deficiency.

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Protease and xylanase on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and manure odour

Xylanase reduce gaseous emissions and can moderate the odorous impact of pig manure.

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Standardized ileal digestible sulphur amino acid requirement determined in weaner pigs orally infected with an enterotoxigenic strain of E. coli

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Nutrition to attenuate performance loss caused by activation of immune system in the commercial production system

Pigs in a commercial environment are consistently exposed to (sub) clinical infections and stressors, and systemic responses to such challenges significantly reduce the growth potential of modern pigs.

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Colostrum intake is a key factor for survival and successful growth

Piglets׳ colostrum intake associates with daily weight gain and survival until weaning.

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Dietary lysine content and sanitation conditions on performance of weaned pigs fed antibiotic-free diets

Lysine requirements for piglets fed antibiotic free-diets is higher than NRC (1998) recommendation.

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European Union: authorisation of L-tyrosine as a feed additive for all animal species

European Commission has decided to authorize the use of L-tyrosine as a feed additive for all animal species in the functional group 'amino acids, their salts and analogues. "

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Valine supplementation improves immune and endocrine function of lactating sows

Dietary valine supplementation increases serum albumin, IgM, IgG and prolactin concentrations.

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Amino acid digestibility of microbial protein for growing pigs

Microbial protein with high digestible lysine content should be taken into account as a new protein source for swine nutrition.

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The ideal ratio of SID threonine:lysine for growing pigs fed low crude protein diets

The optimum SID Thr:Lys to optimize ADG and FCR in growing pigs fed low CP protein diets is around 0.70.

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High dietary tryptophan to overcome stress in weaning piglets

Supplemental dietary tryptophan may reduce stress during handling and transport in weanling pigs.

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The use of crystalline amino acids in lactating sow diets

Corn/soybean meal lactation diets can contain up to 0.40% L–lysine-HCl with no detrimental effect on reproductive performance.

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Influence of dietary isoleucine:lysine ratio on the optimal tryptophan:lysine ratio for weanling pigs

Isoleucine:lysine ratio does not influence the response to increasing tryptophan:lysine ration in 5,9- to 10,9-kg pigs.

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Lysine to metabolizable energy ratio affects growth performance, blood metabolites and hormones of lactating sows

Providing 3.05 g/Mcal ratio of SID Lys:ME in lactating sows, litter weight gain could be maximized.

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Lipid metabolism in pigs fed CLA and/or dietary arginine

Dietary inclusion of conjugated linoleic acid with or without arginine does not reduce lipid synthesis in tissues of growing pigs.