Effects of a daily three-meal pattern with different dietary protein contents on pig growth performance, carcass and muscle quality traits.

Xin WuChunyan XieCimin LongJun LiXihong ZhouZhiyong FanFrancois BlachierYulong Yin

Published in: Journal of the science of food and agriculture (2017)

Collectively, our results indicate that feeding high protein meal in the morning and a gradual reduction of the protein content in meals over the day may improve muscle quality characteristics, maximise performance, and reduce the pig feed cost. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.

Keyphrases

protein protein
skeletal muscle
amino acid
binding protein
physical activity
gene expression
dna methylation