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Addition of tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) to maize oil reduces lipid oxidation but does not prevent reductions in serum vitamin E in nursery pigs

Published: April 7, 2020
Summary
Background Maize oil is an abundant source of vegetable oil used in human foods and animal feeds. Maize oil provides 8579 kcal/ kg of ME [1], which is comparable to soybean oil (8574 kcal/kg), and greater than canola oil (8384 kcal/kg) and palm kernel oil (7119 kcal/kg) when added to swine diets. The addition of lipids to animal feeds not only increases energy density, but also enhances the ab...
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Authors:
yuantai hung
University of Minnesota
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Pedro Urriola
University of Minnesota
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Lee J. Johnston
University of Minnesota
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Brian Kerr
USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
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Jerry Shurson
University of Minnesota
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