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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1999; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 00-103-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 841; Swine; Lysine:calorie ratio; Fat; Lysine; Finishing pigs; Economics
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Economics Of Adding Fat And Increasing Lysine:Calorie Ratio In Diets For Growing-Finishing Gilts (1999), M De La Llata, Michael R. Langemeier, Michael D. Tokach, Robert D. Goodband, Jim L. Nelssen, Steven S. Dritz
Economics Of Adding Fat And Increasing Lysine:Calorie Ratio In Diets For Growing-Finishing Gilts (1999), M De La Llata, Michael R. Langemeier, Michael D. Tokach, Robert D. Goodband, Jim L. Nelssen, Steven S. Dritz
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
A total of 1,200 gilts was used to evaluate the economics ofadding fat and increasing lysine:calorie ratio in diets for growing-finishing pigs. Diets were fed in four phases and consisted of a 2 x 4 factorial arrangement with two levels of fat (0 and 6%) and four increasing lysine:calorie ratios. Eight economic scenarios combining com, soybean meal, fat, and hog prices with two packer grading systems were created. Stochastic dominance analysis was performed on 64 alternatives (8 treatments x 8 scenarios). The third "and fourth (higher) lysine: calorie ratios increased income over feed cost when fat was added to the …