Excess dietary leucine in diets for growing pigs reduces growth performance, biological value of protein, protein retention, and serotonin synthesis

Kwon, Woong B., Kevin J. Touchette, Aude Simongiovanni, Kostas Syriopoulos, Anna Wessels, and Hans H. Stein. 2019. Excess dietary leucine in diets for growing pigs reduces growth performance, biological value of protein, protein retention, and serotonin synthesis. Journal of Animal Science, 2019, 4282–4292. Link to full text.

Keywords: 
branched-chain amino acids, leucine, Pigs, serotonin, Tryptophan
Authors: 
Kwon, Touchette, Simongiovanni, Syriopoulos, Wessels, Stein
Publication Type: 
Peer-reviewed journal articles