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Lysine

Post by kmwolf » Wed Aug 07, 2019 2:15 pm

Our friends are feeding a grain mixture to their three show pigs and are struggling to get them to gain weight. They claim they’re feeding 21% protein. I don’t know the fat percentage. They did however state that the lysine was at 3.94%. I have never heard of lysine being that high. Is this a problem? Should their lysine be in a specific range?

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Re: Lysine

Post by kgb » Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:14 pm

Straight soybean meal is not that high (~3.06%). Something is way wrong. 21% protein doesn’t correspond to 3.94% lysine.
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Re: Lysine

Post by kmwolf » Wed Aug 07, 2019 6:24 pm

Even if they were at 18% is the lysine still steep? Could this be part of the reason they are struggling to gain weight?

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Re: Lysine

Post by kgb » Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:10 pm

That lysine level is impossible with an 18% crude protein feed. I’m saying it’s wrong, incorrect maybe even messed up. So there is no answer for that question because it doesn’t exist.
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Re: Lysine

Post by kmwolf » Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:39 pm

Thank you! 🙂

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