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Lysine:crude protein ratio on growth performance of nursery pigs

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A total lysine:crude protein ratio higher than 7.35% may reduce growth performance in post-weaned piglets.

8 January 2013
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A total of 282 nursery pigs (initially 7.21 ± 0.0680.15 kg BW and 3 d postweaning) were used in a 28-d growth trial to evaluate the effects of total lysine:CP ratio, using fish meal as a source of non-essential N, on growth performance. Pigs were allotted to 1 of 6 dietary treatments. Each treatment had 5 replications with 7 pigs per pen and 2 replications with 6 pigs per pen. Pigs and feeders were weighted on d 0, 7, 14, 21, and 28 to calculate ADG, ADFI, and FGR. A 2-phase diet series was used with treatment diets fed from d 0 to 14 and a common diet fed from d 14 to 28 post-weaning. All diets were offered in mash form. The 6 total lysine:CP ratios were 6.79, 6.92, 7.06, 7.20, 7.35, and 7.51%.

From d 0 to 14, there was a trend for increased (quadratic; P < 0.09) ADG with an increasing dietary total lysine:CP ratio up to 7.35% (range 0.34 to 0,39 kg), with poorer performance in pigs fed the greatest lysine:CP diet (0,33 kg). Increasing the total lysine:CP ratio tended to improve (quadratic; P < 0.08) FGR for pigs fed 7.35% (1.38), with poorer FGR as total lysine:CP ratio increased to 7.51% (1.48). When a common diet was fed (d 14 to 28), there was no difference in ADG or FGR. A response (quadratic; P < 0.04) was detected for ADFI due to an increase in ADFI from the pigs fed the intermediate diets (7.06 and 7.20% total lysine:CP) during the previous period. Overall (d 0 to 28), there was a trend (quadratic; P < 0.07) for increased ADG and ADFI caused by the numerically highest values from pigs fed a total lysine:CP ratio of 7.35% and the numerically lowest values from pigs fed a total lysine:CP ratio of 7.51%.

Dietary treatment did not influence F/G for the overall trial. These results indicated that feeding total lysine:CP ratio greater than 7.35% may decrease growth performance of nursery pigs.

JE Nemechek, MD Tokach, SS Dritz, RD Goodband, JM DeRouchey, JL Nelssen, J Usry. 2011. Effect of total lysine:crude protein ratio on growth performance of nursery pigs from 15 to 25 lb. Swine Day, Kansas State University, page 70-74.

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11-Jan-2013Dániel IstvánDániel IstvánRelated to "crude protein ratio on growth performance of nursery pigs"
Is public the concrete level of CP and other nutrient contents of the diets"
14-Jan-2013 jordi-guillaumet_2Hi Dániel,
You can find the entire article at the following link:
http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/13483
15-Jan-2013Dániel IstvánDániel IstvánThank you for the link.
Dániel
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