
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Godfrey, NW 
A1  - Mercy, AR 
A1  - Emms, Y 
A1  - Payne, HG 
T1  - Tolerance of growing pigs to lupin alkaloids
JF  - Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
JO  - Aust. J. Exp. Agric.
Y1  - 1985
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
SP  - 791
EP  - 795
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/EA9850791 
N2  - In two experiments with a total of 93 young pigs, we measured responses in growth rate and feed intake to dietary lupin alkaloid concentrations which ranged from 0.05 to 0.52 g/kg. In the first experiment increasing the alkaloid levels from 0.12 to 0.52 g/kg in increments of 0.08 g/kg produced a progressive decline in growth rate and feed intake. In the second experiment, pig productivity was unaffected by increasing dietary alkaloids from 0.05 to 0.20 g/kg, but was depressed when the alkaloid level reached 0.35 g/kg. It was concluded that, with ad libitum feeding, growing pigs could tolerate up to 0.20 g/kg of dietary lupin alkaloids. 
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