The effects of supplementing growing-finishing pig diets with carnitine and(or) chromium on growth and carcass characteristics (1996)

Authors

J W. Smith II
B T. Richert
K Q. Owen
J R. Bergstrom
W B. Nessmith Jr
S A. Blum
Jim L. Nelssen
Robert D. Goodband
Michael D. Tokach

Keywords

Swine day, 1996; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 97-142-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 772; Swine; Feed efficiency; Carnitine; Chromium

Abstract

Eighty crossbred gilts (initially 83 lb) were used to examine the effects of 50 ppm carnitine and(or) 200 ppb chromium from chromium nicotinate on growth performance and carcass characteristics. In this trial, adding carnitine and(or) chromiunm to the diets of high-lean growth finishing gilts did not increase carcass leanness. However, the combination of carnitine and chromium improved the color characteristics of the longissimus muscle.; Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 21, 1996

Recommended Citation

Smith, J W. II; Richert, B T.; Owen, K Q.; Bergstrom, J R.; Nessmith, W B. Jr; Blum, S A.; Nelssen, Jim L.; Goodband, Robert D.; and Tokach, Michael D. (1996) "The effects of supplementing growing-finishing pig diets with carnitine and(or) chromium on growth and carcass characteristics (1996)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6548