20 Duroc-Landrace pigs were used to determine the effects of replacing soybean meal with peanut meal on the performance and carcass characteristics of pigs. The diets included a corn + soybean control diet. corn + soybean + groundnut meal diet, corn + groundnut meal diet, corn + groundnut meal + lysine + methionine diet and a corn + soybean+ groundnut meal + yeast diet. No significant differences in the performance and carcass characteristics of the pigs were observed in all the treatments. lt is suggested that peanut meal is a suitable replacement for soybean meal. 

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