Abstract
Four experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of added dietary Lcarnitine on growth performance of nursery pigs. Pigs were fed a control diet containing no added L-carnitine or the control diet with 25, 50, 75, or 100 ppm of added L-carnitine (25, 50, or 100 ppm in Exp. 4). In Exps. 1, 2, and 3 for the overall study, ADG and F/G improved with increasing dietary L-carnitine. In Exp. 4, pigs fed increasing L-carnitine had improved ADG from d 0 to 3 and d 10 to 24. Increasing added carnitine improved F/G from d 10 to 24 and for the overall study. The results suggest that 25 to 50 ppm of added L-carnitine can improve ADG and F/G in nursery pigs. The largest response in pig growth performance was found when carnitine was supplemented to the phase II diet.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 16, 2000
Keywords: Swine day, 2000, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution, no. 01-138-S, Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service), 858, Swine, Carnitine, Nursery pigs, B-vitamin
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Real, D. E., Rincker, M. J., Steidinger, M. E., Carter, S. D., Owen, K. Q., Nelssen, J. L., Goodband, R. D., Tokach, M. D. & Dritz, S. S., (2000) “Effects of dietary L-carnitine on growth performance of nursery pigs”, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports 1(10), 27-32. doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6656
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