Amino acids in swine nutrition Technical Articles
Article published the February 3, 2023:
IntroductionPigs suffer high rates of embryonic mortality, especially during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy [1, 2] when embryos elongate rapidly, signal for pregnancy recognition, and attach to ...
Article published the December 6, 2022:
IntroductionThe major goal of the swine industry is to minimize neonatal mortality and improve weaning weights of neonatal pigs because their adaptability to weaning and their rates of growth to market weight a...
Article published the September 5, 2022:
IntroductionFeed cost represents 70% of the total cost of poultry and pork production (Patience et al., 2015); therefore, a number of processing techniques have been developed to maximize utilization of nutrien...
Article published the September 1, 2022:
Article published the August 22, 2022:
IntroductionAmino acids (AAs) are natural substances containing both amino and acid groups. Proline, which contains an imino group but not an amino group, is loosely considered as an AA in nutrition and metabol...
Article published the July 25, 2022:
We help pig farmers use the most effective swine feed so that they can operate profitably, sustainably and with high animal welfare standards.THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE SWINE INDUSTRYPig producers face many ch...
Article published the June 21, 2022:
Comparative life cycle assessment of amino acid use in pig, broiler and egg production.In 2015, Evonik reported a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) of methionine, lysine, threonine, tryptophan and valine ...
Article published the April 8, 2022:
INTRODUCTIONAccording to new concepts about human health and increase on protein demand there was significant improvement in carcass quality of pigs to supply market which seeks a pork lean meat. Thus, it shoul...
Article published the January 20, 2022:
IntroductionLysine is typically the first limiting amino acid in corn and soybean meal-based swine diets. Therefore, it is critical to establish the Lys requirement at each growth phase in order to allow the pi...
Article published the December 17, 2021:
IntroductionInclusion of dietary crystalline amino acids is a common practice in the swine industry. This is done to meet specific amino acid requirements while reducing feed cost and environmental impact. Addi...