Abstract

Seventy-two pigs, 30 days old averaging 17 pounds initially, were used to evaluate lysine additions to 16 and 18 percent protein fortified corn-soybean meal diets. Adding 0.1% or 0.2% L-lysine to the 16% protein diet increased weight gains. Gain and efficiency of pigs fed the 16% protein diet supplemented with 0.2% L-lysine were similar to that of pigs fed the 18% protein corn-soybean meal diet. Adding lysine to the 18% protein diet improved neither gains nor feed efficiency of pigs weaned at four weeks of age.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 13, 1975

Keywords: Swine day, 1975, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 505, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 283, Swine, Protein, Lysine, Weaned pigs

How to Cite:

Allee, G. L., Koch, B. A. & Hines, R. H., (1975) “Protein level and lysine supplementation of diets for weaned pigs”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(10), 12-13. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.3521