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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by refurb on Thursday January 02, 2020 @09:58PM (#21942680)
They produce more protein than they consume. The animals convert carbohydrate to amino acids (well, the bacteria in their gut does).
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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by greglindahl on Friday January 03, 2020 @12:05AM (#21943379)
You seem to have forgotten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed_conversion_ratio#Pigs ?
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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by firethief on Friday January 03, 2020 @12:20AM (#21943450)
They have nitrogen-fixing gut bacteria now?
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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by refurb on Friday January 03, 2020 @11:13AM (#21947152)
No, the bacteria in the rumen convert amino acids that cows and humans can’t digest (and hence are of no nutritional value), into amino acids they can digest.[1]

Thus, they are net producers of useful amino acids.

[1] http://www.publish.csiro.au/ebook/chapter/SA0501041

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