Reducing dietary protein in corn–soybean meal diets by reducing soybean meal and adding synthetic amino acids does not affect net energy or ileal starch digestibility, but increases ileal amino acid digestibility and reduces nitrogen retention

Cristobal, Minoy, Su A. Lee, Carl M. Parsons, Hans H. Stein. 2026. Reducing dietary protein in corn–soybean meal diets by reducing soybean meal and adding synthetic amino acids does not affect net energy or ileal starch digestibility, but increases ileal amino acid digestibility and reduces nitrogen retention. Journal of Animal Science, 2026, 104, skag129 doi.org/10.1093/jas/skag129. Link to full text.

Keywords: 
low protein, Net energy, nitrogen retention, Pigs, Soybean meal, synthetic amino acids
Authors: 
Cristobal, Lee, Parsons, Stein
Publication Type: 
Peer-reviewed journal articles