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Sydney Craig: Amino Acid Balance in Pig Nutrition | Ep. 222
In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Sydney Craig, graduate research assistant at Iowa State University, explains how arginine supplementation in lactating sows may affect piglet livability. She also discusses updated phenylalanine and tyrosine requirements for nursery pigs, highlighting gaps in older research and practical questions for diet formulation. Listen now on all major platforms!
"Results indicate low nursery mortality when estimated phenylalanine and tyrosine levels were met: 52% phenylalanine to lysine and 38% tyrosine to lysine."
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