Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service
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Abstract
Swine Industry Day 1974 is known as Swine Day, 1974Feeding trials involving each sex (boars,
barrows and gilts) of finishing-weight pigs were conducted to determine the value of adding lysine to the rations. Rations containing 0.55% lysine were adequate for performance (rate of gain and feed/gain ratio) and carcass parameters (loin
eye area, backfat thickness, length, and percentage of lean cuts) in all sexes
