Research: excess leucine in swine diets leads to multifaceted problems

Today’s DDGS is typically higher in the amino acid leucine than is necessary to meet nutritional requirements of pigs, causing a decrease protein synthesis and reduce feed intake.
calendar icon 2 September 2020
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