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Early dietary amino acid restrictions and flaxseed oil supplementation on the leanness of pigs and quality of pork: Growth performance, serum metabolites, carcass characteristics, and physical and sensory characteristics of pork

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Published in 2017 at "Livestock Science"

DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2017.02.003

Abstract: Abstract A total of 64 pigs (Yorkshire) were used to investigate the effect of early dietary amino acid (AA) restrictions [100 or 80% of the 2012 NRC standardized ileal digestible (SID) Lys requirements during the… read more here.

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Effects of long-chain fatty acid supplementation on the growth performance of grower and finisher pigs: a meta-analysis

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Published in 2019 at "Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology"

DOI: 10.1186/s40104-019-0374-1

Abstract: Supplementation of feed with long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs) during the grower and finisher phases has long been discussed as a growth promotion strategy in pigs, but its effects are inconsistent. The purpose of our study… read more here.

Keywords: supplementation; finisher; performance; grower finisher ... See more keywords