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ARC protein standards for growing pigs (including a comparison between field trial approach and replication at a single centre)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. Braude  and
Zena D. Hosking
R. Braude
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
Zena D. Hosking
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
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Summary

Results of a co-ordinated trial carried out at 20 centres indicated that increasing the dietary crude-protein percentage by 2·5 and the lysine by about 0·2 over the ARC recommended levels failed to improve performance or carcass quality, whereas decreasing these nutrients to a similar degree below the recommended levels adversely affected performance and carcass quality.

At four centres there were six to eight replicates. Substantial differences in estimates of both the level of response to a given treatment and the magnitude of treatment effects were observed between individual centres.

Factors affecting the size of these co-ordinated trials are discussed.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 83 , Issue 3 , December 1974 , pp. 385 - 391
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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