Fig. 1From: Different dietary methionine to lysine ratios in the lactation diet: effects on the performance of sows and their offspring and methionine metabolism in lactating sowsDietary effect on the concentration of urea nitrogen in plasma. Blood samples were collected from the ear vein of sows at the morning feeding and 2 h later. Data are presented as the means±SEM, n ≥ 10/lactation diet. a-bMeans in the same row with different letters differ significantly, P < 0.05Back to article page