Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Other Animal Sciences Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

1988

1988; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 88-149-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 556; Swine; Porcine somatotropin; Lysine; Growth; Carcass composition

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Other Animal Sciences

The Effects Of Porcine Somatotropin (Pst) And Dietary Lysine Level On Growth Performance And Carcass Characteristics Of Finishing Swine (1988), R C. Thaler, B R. Schricker, G E. Fitzner, A J. Lewis, Robert D. Goodband, Jim L. Nelssen, Robert H. Hines, Donald H. Kropf Jan 1988

The Effects Of Porcine Somatotropin (Pst) And Dietary Lysine Level On Growth Performance And Carcass Characteristics Of Finishing Swine (1988), R C. Thaler, B R. Schricker, G E. Fitzner, A J. Lewis, Robert D. Goodband, Jim L. Nelssen, Robert H. Hines, Donald H. Kropf

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Seventy-two finishing pigs averaging 130 lb were utilized to determine the effects of PST and dietary lysine on growth performance and carcass characteristics. Pigs were injected daily with 4 mg PST in the extensor muscle of the neck and fed either a pelleted corn-sesame meal diet (.6% lysine, 17.7% crude protein) or diets containing .8, 1.0, 1.2, or 1.4% lysine provided by L-lysine HCl. All diets were formulated to contain at least 200% of NRC (1979) recommendations for other amino acids. Control pigs received a placebo injection and the .6% lysine diet. Increasing levels of dietary lysine resulted in increased …