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Amino acid, essential

Last Updated: September 19, 2008 Related resource areas: Beef Cattle

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Amino acids, essential- Amino acids which cannot be synthesized by the animal, out of materials ordinarily available, at a rate to meet the demands for normal growth; they must therefore be provided in the diet.


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